Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged members of the Council of State to think carefully about their moral character in light of the president’s most recent selections to the Electoral Commission’s Board.
Sammy Gyamfi suggested that the Council respond to the letter that the NDC sent asking it to reevaluate the selections of Dr. Peter Appiahene and Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani to the EC board.
The NDC’s spokesperson stated on Eyewitness News on Citi FM that the party’s only request is that the Council advise the president to reverse his choice to select Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani and Dr. Peter Appiahene.
We intend for the letter we delivered to the Council of State to accomplish what we are asking them to do, which is to absolve themselves of this fundamental blasphemy.
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“Because the Council of State is a crucial part of our democratic system, it is necessary that it take the national interest into account while giving the president recommendations. We have faith in their professionalism and patriotism, and we will be overjoyed if they advise the president to change his mind in light of the fresh information we have provided.
Should the two individuals continue serving on the Board, Mr. Gyamfi added, what little trust there is in the Election Commission will be undermined.
“This is hard evidence relative to the party inclination of these two people. They are publicly known NPP hardliners, and they are unredeemably partisan that if we accept them as members of the Electoral Commission, the whole institution will lose the little integrity and credibility it has left. Don’t forget that public confidence in the Electoral Commission is at an all-time low of 10 percent and what we need to do now is what will boost public confidence in government institutions.”
The NDC on Wednesday, April 19 wrote to the Council of State to reconsider the appointment of Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani and Dr. Peter Appiahene.
