Show integrity in outstanding electoral processes – CSOs to EC

Some Civil Society Organizations have called on the Electoral Commission to show integrity in the declaration of the results.

“We call on all the leadership and staff of the Electoral Commission to remain responsible, tolerant and continue to show a high level of integrity in all the outstanding processes.”

The CSOs coalition which comprises Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), IMANI-Ghana, Penplusbytes, Citizens Movement Against Corruption (CMaC), Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Ghana Integrity Initiative, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), SEND Ghana and Renel Ghana Foundation (RGF) commended Ghanaians and the Electoral Commission on the peaceful conduct of the general election irrespective of the reports of violence in a few areas.

In a statement issued by the group, they advised the two major political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), to “get their members to stay calm, while we wait for the Electoral Commission to provide all the certified results and make the final declaration.”

They also encouraged the parties to desist from holding further press conferences and allow the EC to work.