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Legal expert Victoria Bright has called for truth and accountability in Ghana’s electoral processes, in the wake of critique of the Electoral Commission (EC) by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia.
Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, Victoria Bright emphasised the importance of confronting uncomfortable truths to safeguard democracy.
“The law is the law, and I think we have to speak truth to ourselves,” Bright said.
“I believe that if things have not gone as they should, we should have a conviction to actually come out and speak the truth basically.”
Bright expressed her dissatisfaction with the fact that some people have been left unrepresented for four years, an issue that has fueled public frustration and undermined confidence in the electoral system.
“I have not been happy with the fact that people have been left unrepresented for four years,” she stressed.
“And I don’t believe that anybody can be happy about that,” she continued.
She also recalled the violent events of the 2019 Ayawaso-West Wuogon by-election, which resulted in an unrest and raised questions about electoral fairness and security.
“We all saw the violence in Ayawaso-West Wuogon as well. That was terrible,” Bright added.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia on Wednesday, June 25 launched a scathing attack on the EC, declaring its entire leadership unfit for purpose and calling for their removal.
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