The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has stated emphatically that nobody can intimidate him and that he will perform his duties as mandated by law.
He said there have been many discussions across media platforms targeted at his person and wondered whether persons engaged in that conduct hoped to frighten him.
Speaking to journalists during an IDEG forum on electoral reforms Wednesday, Dr Afari Gyan stated “It's becoming very nauseating; everywhere you turn to, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan. “What have I done”? he asked, and answered, “I don't know.”
The EC chair explained that there are seven other members of the commission and stressed that it was insulting for anyone to assume he (Afari-Gyan) wielded so much power to take decisions alone.
He demanded an immediate stop to the practice where he has become the subject of discussion, saying: “So the Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, please it must cease!”
He noted that if the affairs of the commission did not lie in the hands of one person, then “Why personalize it, why single me out?“
“Maybe the intention is to do harm to me, maybe to frighten me. Let me say that I will not be frightened.
“I will do my work…in accordance with [the commission's] understanding of the rules and regulations under which it operates.”
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MR AFARI-GYAN I AM ASKING YOU TO AT LEAST RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS LAID DOWN FOR THE CREATION OF CONSTITUENCIES. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I DO THAT POPULATION FIGURES IS ONE MAJOR COMPONENT OF CREATING NEW CONSTITUENCIES. IF THE NDC DID IT WRONG, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT WRONG TOO. I KNOW YOU ARE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THE NDC GOT YOUR BACK. BUT THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR PUSHING DOWN THEIR THROAT NEW CONSTITUENCIES WHEN THE EXISTING ONES ARE UNDERFUNDED. GHANA NEED MOR...