European Union observers who monitored the just ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary polls have disclosed how results were manipulated at some polling stations.
Although the observers pointed out that the polls was generally peaceful with voting procedures following due processes, it exposed how results were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations they observed.
“Furthermore, presiding officers appeared to have difficulties completing the result forms. The polling station result forms were not publicly displayed in 17 polling stations although party agents received signed copy of the result form in all cases,” the EU observers said in their 12-page report on the election.
At the national level, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) also raised concerns over the collation process in the polls.
“Collation of results at the constituency level was observed in 35 constituency collation centres with many of them being visited repeatedly. Collation process was less well organised and less transparent often due to a lack of detailed procedures, inadequate facilities and overcrowding which at times led to agents and observers not having a clear view of the procedures and the filling in of result forms,” their report read.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
