Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensah says the EC is not mandated to provided security during elections across the country.
Speaking at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra on Tuesday, May 18, Mrs Mensa said the job of the EC as stated in the constitution does not include providing security.
“An exceedingly disturbing challenge is the violence which led to the death of citizens of our country. And we say never again. Never again should we go to an election and have anybody lose their lives. Here also, there is a tendency for fingers to be pointed at the EC when security is not the core mandate of the EC.”
“I have read the constitution and security is not part of our core mandate. I use this occasion to clarify that the EC is not responsible for election security, although the entire election and its success rest on the shoulders of the Commission. Our mandate as entrenched in the Constitution does not include security,” Mrs Mensah noted.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
