Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo,

Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) on

Tuesday affirmed his confidence in the ability of the Electoral

Commission (EC) to conduct free, fair and transparent polls on

December 7.
He said: "The Commission's track record over the past years and

the professional competence of the Commissioners and staffs, which

the international community attest to, gives me and my party the

guarantee of their ability to manage Election 2008, professionally in

accordance with international electoral norms".
Speaking in an interview with Ghana News Agency in Accra, the

NPP Presidential Candidate, who is also a Member of Parliament for

Abuakwa South, said the EC through the preparatory stages of

Election 2008 have exhibited their tenacity and ability to withstand the

storm and to steer the December polls creditably for acceptable

results.
Nana Akufo Addo said: "The involvement of local and

international observers, who have been deployed throughout the

country; EC's interaction with political party representatives through

the platform of the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) and

educational tour of the Commission's premises by party executives

gives me the cause to trust the Commission."
Speaking on the role of the media as the nation moved towards

Election Day, Nana Akufo-Addo urged the media to recognise their

constitutional mandate and to conduct their role professionally in Continued    Source: GNA - Ghana News Agency