ECP undergoes key structural changes
National
April 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Sikandar Sultan Raja has ordered gradual multi-faceted organisational changes to enhance the capacity of the institution so that it could carry out its constitutional duties in a more efficient manner.
Some significant organizational changes of the first phase include: 1. The Information Technology Department has been restructured for more efficient use of technology in the next elections under which new posts of project director (duplication), project manager, electoral technology and project manager, data centre/printing have been approved and individuals in these positions will be contracted for a fixed period of time in exchange for an attractive salary. They will work to formulate and implement strategies to ensure the use of election-related technology.
One of the Spokespersons for the 2nd Respondent in the 2020 election petition, Henry Nana Boakye has backlashed the camp of the petitioner for citing in the Supreme Court that they don’t have a copy of the EC s “Form Thirteen”.
According to Henry Nana Boakye, every political party at the national collation centre at the Head office of the Electoral Commission (EC) is entitled to Form Thirteen as the law demands of the Commission.
He added that the law, however, does not compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to chase the agents of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with Form Thirteen in their homes.
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New Delhi: The Election Commission of India and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are considering allowing the return of NRI voters’ postal ballots through diplomatic bags, ThePrint has learnt.
A diplomatic bag is a container in which official correspondence or other items are transported between a diplomatic mission and its home government.
While it has already been decided that the postal ballots will be sent to NRI voters electronically through the ECI’s Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS), according to sources in the government, it is now being suggested the voter give the postal ballot to an officer designated by the embassy, who would attest it and then the ballots will be sent back to India through the diplomatic bag.
26 NDC protesters granted bail
The Adjabeng District Court in Accra has granted bail to some NDC members who were arrested in the Thursday’s protest against the Electoral Commission over the December 7 election results.
The 26 sympathisers of the National Democratic Congress were granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 with one surety each.
They were charged with failure to notify the police and unlawful assembly, but all of them pleaded not guilty.
Lead counsel for the accused persons Francis Xavier Sosu prayed the court to admit his clients to bail which the court granted.
The 26 supporters of the NDC were arrested by the police for unlawfully demonstrating at the Headquarters of the Electoral Commission Thursday, December 17.