Attacks on me must stop -Afari-Gyan

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Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan is demanding an immediate end to the accusations being leveled against him with regards to the creation of 45 new constituencies in just few months to the December 7 polls.

According to him, he has on no occasion received bribe from government in the execution of his duties.

The EC boss has in recent times been bashed for insisting on the creation of the new constituencies irrespective of several calls for him to rescind on it.

Speaking at a forum organised by the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), on electoral reforms in Accra, the EC boss hit back at his critics stating that he will “frightened.”

He said there had been many discussions across media platforms targeted at his person and accusations of him receiving “between five to ten million dollars” bribe from government. 

He noted that, “During the Rawlings regime, they said the same thing – we [EC] were in bed with government. During the Kufuor administration, they said the same thing; we were in bed with Kufuor regime.”

“We must be…prostitutes to be in bed with all these various governments. What have I done? I don’t know.”

The EC chair explained that there were in all, seven commissioners and stressed that it was insulting for anyone to assume he (Afari-Gyan) wielded so much power to take decisions alone, and therefore, demanded an immediate stop to the practice where he had become the subject of discussion, saying: “...the Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, please it must cease!”

He noted that if the affairs of the commission did not lie in the hands of one person, then “Why personalize it, why single me out?”

“Maybe the intention is to do harm to me, maybe to frighten me. Let me say that I will not be frightened. I will do my work…in accordance with [the commission’s] understanding of the rules and regulations under which it operates,” he stated.

 



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