Former Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye is adamant that the Electoral Commission (EC) cannot be blamed for the failures that followed from its poor planning for the district-level elections held this year.
PUBLIC NOTICE!!! District Level Elections Rescheduled In Some Parts Of Ashanti And Eastern Region On Tuesday, December 19, the Ododiodio MP criticized the EC on JoyNews' PM Express for its incapacity and ineptitude in planning the exercise, despite having had around two years to prepare. The country's district and unit committee elections were generally calm, but owing to technical issues, like a lack of ballot papers, the EC had to postpone voting in some electoral districts in some regions. The EC apologized for the errors and said that printers' untimely deliveries caused delays. As a result, the election date for the impacted areas was delayed to Thursday, December 22.
Vanderpuye stated, "The EC was inefficient and ineffective in this particular election," underscoring the necessity to expose the organization's lack of readiness. A spade must be called a spade. District-level elections take place in between the main national elections, giving the EC two years to prepare." He questioned the EC's preparedness for the district-level election and called for a more proactive approach, voicing concern about the constant postponements and a two-year preparation time. He underlined how important it is for the EC to prepare for all elections, including those held at the district level, since this is essential to an efficient local governance system.
Related To This: Neglect For Local-level Elections Will Make Our National Development Suffer - Dr Oduro Osae In order to prevent such problems, Vanderpuye urged the European Commission to learn from its mistakes and sufficiently prepare for the 2024 national elections. He said that the commission had enough time to avoid these kinds of scenarios by choosing contractors and giving them the time to print, rejecting the EC's unworkable explanation for printer malfunctions. Vanderpuye underlined the significance of these polls in Ghana's participatory democracy by highlighting the history of low voter turnout in district-level elections since its beginning in 1988. He talked on the public's desire to elect Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives on a party line, but he also pointed out that political parties are now prohibited by the constitution from running in local elections. For the benefit of all parties involved, Vanderpuye advocated concentrating on using lessons learned from the past to enhance the electoral process.
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