'Lawless' EC trying to embrace civil war God has kept away from this country — Kofi Bentil warns

IMANI Africa Vice President, Kofi Bentil, has criticized Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC), accusing it of disregarding the law and acting in ways that could destabilize the country.

In an interview with JoyNews, Bentil expressed concern over the EC’s approach to managing elections, especially voter registration, arguing that the commission creates unnecessary tension.

“The current debate is exactly because we have an Electoral Commission which has essentially become a pernicious institution. It refuses to do what is written in the law. It arrogates to itself powers it does not have.

“It creates an unnecessary cost and stress on this country,” he said.

He added, “And you have political parties like NDC and co, they (the EC) won't even respond to them.

“So, this debate, if you check in the past, about four election cycles, we almost every time have a strained debate about registration. And here we are again. And it doesn't make any sense.”

He noted that the EC’s failure to engage with opposition parties, particularly the NDC, has fueled continuous unnecessary tensions during every election cycle.

Bentil further warned that the commission's actions threaten to undermine the nation's peace, stating, “When we go in, we will look at some of these details about why the EC is becoming a lawless institution and sends us around this thing every four years."

“God has kept this country from a civil war. The EC is tempting fate and we should score it at the point it refuses to be audited. Nobody knows the extent of its assets," Bentil expressed.