Law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, on JoyNews’ Newsfile held on Saturday, 28th December 2024, claimed in her submissions that the Electoral Commission (EC) has been inconsistent.

The legal practitioner emphasized that these inconsistencies in the EC's work are to blame for the legal tussles between the two main political parties, the NDC and the NPP. She argued that results in nine constituencies have become contentious because of the EC’s alleged inconsistencies.

However, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee failed to specify the so-called inconsistencies she claimed to have identified in the work of the Electoral Commission.

She simply fell short of pointing out any concrete examples of these inconsistencies, or explaining how they even came about—if they exist at all.

Clearly, Clara Kasser-Tee failed to substantiate her claims, which seem to lack any foundation. The alleged inconsistencies appear to be figments of her imagination. She clearly has an ulterior motive.

For a lawyer to make such sweeping assertions about the Electoral Commission without providing incontrovertible evidence is puzzling. She seems intent on tarnishing the reputation of the EC for reasons that are not entirely clear. It appears she is trying to “give the dog a bad name in order to hang it.”

Clara seems to have an axe to grind with the EC. Like Inusah Fuseini, who was on the same program, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee was dishonest in her submissions.

The legal practitioner is well aware that the disruptive actions of the NDC have contributed to the impasse we are facing post-elections. She knows that the lawlessness of certain NDC supporters, who have caused delays in the collation process, is partly to blame.

Strangely, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee deliberately sidestepped blaming the NDC for the issues regarding the ongoing collation in some constituencies. This is a clear lack of honesty.

Instead, she shifts the blame to the EC, despite the fact that the NDC is largely responsible for the delays. Clara, as always, seems unable to depart from her pro-NDC stance. She abandons her objectivity when the NDC is involved.

For someone who had been on a media hiatus only to resurface when the NDC won the elections, her position against the Electoral Commission comes as no surprise.

P.K. Sarpong
Whispers from the Corridors of the Thinking Place.