The Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rev. Dr Godwin Nii Noi Odonkor has urged political actors and the public to stop bastardising state institutions as Ghana goes to the polls on December 7, 2024.

He said unconstructive criticisms, debasing and lambasting of institutions such as the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Judiciary did not augur well for Ghana’s democracy and had the potential to create political tension, fear and panic.

“I think we are putting unnecessary burden and pressure on some of the institutions. Not just the institutions, but the persons who run those institutions. We should allow them to do their work,” he said during an exclusive interview with Graphic Online’s Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson.

He said despite Ghana’s stable democracy and electoral successes, the EC always faced unjustifiable criticisms and accusations from politicians and political parties during every election cycle, a situation he described as unfair and a drawback to the democratic development of the country.

“I like it when the EC said that it can never change the results in Accra and that everybody should be so vigilant at the polling stations. We should drive this seriously into all the political parties and the public,” he said.