The Electoral Commission (EC) is taking steps to demystify its �Operations Room� also known as the �Strong Room�, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, Chairman of the Commission has announced.
This, he said, was to correct wrong impressions about activities carried out in the room and deepen the understanding and strength of the country�s electoral system.
The EC boss was addressing a capacity building workshop organised by the Commission in collaboration with the Department for International Development (DFID) and KAB Governance Consult (KGC) for political parties in the Volta Region in Ho.
It was held on the theme, �The Inbuilt integrity of Ghana�s Electoral Process.�
Dr. Afari Gyan said it was important that key players in the political process got to know the strength of the country�s electoral system so they could discard certain rumours and trust the system.
�There are several rumours and we need to make people understand that we do not do surgical operations in our operations room and that no one can manipulate figures in the IT room,� he said.
Dr. Afari Gyan said consequently the EC would organise a tour of its offices, especially the operations room and the IT offices for executives of all political parties to bring them abreast of activities of officials there.
Dr. Afari Gyan emphasised the importance of polling agents, saying that their presence at the polling stations added to the integrity of polls.
He said everyone needed some voter education and advised political parties to educate the electorate on voting procedures and the dos and don�ts of elections.
Dr. Afari Gyan also reminded political parties of their rights and obligations towards enhancing the credibility and integrity of elections.
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