PAPO observers notice electoral irregularities

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP)

Observer Mission to Ghana on Tuesday said contrary to attempts by

the Electoral Commission to refute allegations of electoral

irregularities in some parts of the country, those allegations had been

proven to be true.
Mr Authmani Saidi Janguo of the PAP mission told journalists

that for instance in the Ashanti Region the team observed serious

electoral irregularities, ranging from unusually high numbers of

special voting and an unusual polling station layout, which excluded

party agents from having full view of the balloting process.

He said the allegations of unusually high numbers of special

voting in Kumasi were proved correct after vote counting, adding

that in constituencies such as Bantama, Nhyiaeso, Subin and

Kwadaso there were unusually high numbers of special votes.

He noted that in Kumasi, some polling agents refused to sign for

the polling results alleging irregularities.
“The PAP team witnessed the refusal by NDC agents to sign for

the results in Bantama sub-Metro polling station but there was no

complaint form available for them to fill as the procedure

demanded,” he said.
He said the team also observed worrying inconsistencies in the

layouts and settings, employed by polling officers at different polling

stations in Kumasi, adding that at some polling stations, particularly

Bantama sub-Metro, party agents were cordoned off the voting table Continued    Source: gna - Ghana News Agency

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