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The Electoral Commission has come under attack on social media over the content of its press release responding to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its Communications Director, Sammy Gyamfi.
The EC in a statement dated June 6, 2023 dismissed repeated claims by Sammy Gyamfi that they were subverting the Constitution through some recent processes ahead of crucial by-elections in the Asssin North Constituency.
The tone of the statement was deemed overly petty and partisan for a majority of commenters on Twitter who lashed out at the elections management body.
The EC in parts, accused Sammy Gyamfi and the NDC of a dogged attempt to malign its integrity citing the 2020 presidential election petition.
"Over the years Sammy Gyamfi and his party have put out false claims aimed at maligning the integrity of the EC.
"This was evident in their petition to the Supreme Court after the 2020 Elections alleging that they had won the Elections. It is well known that they could not provide evidence in Court to support their allegations.
"This current allegation is no different. It is baseless and unfounded and a figment of the imagination of the National Communication Officer. We call on all well-meaning Ghanaians to ignore it," the EC statement read in part.
The statement titled "RE: ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED NPP PARLIAMENTARY ASPIRANT IN THE ASSIN NORTH BY-ELECTION," was to respond to a recent allegation that the EC and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were colluding to give an NPP aspirant an advantage in upcoming by-election in Assin North.
The elections management body asked Ghanaians to ignore the 'baseless and unfounded' allegations of Sammy Gyamfi adding that Sammy Gyamfi should provide concrete evidence of his claims.
“Ghana’s democracy has come of age and we call on Sammy Gyamfi to exercise maturity, decorum and truth in his discussions on the EC. We urge him to go out and campaign and leave the EC alone,” the last-but-one paragraph read.
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