biometric machines<\/strong><\/a><\/span> at each polling station and also the expansion of the strong room to make it more accessible to the various political parties.<\/p>\nBut Bernard Mornah of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) and Ivor Greenstreet of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) say although the reforms are welcomed, it \u00a0was done under the \u201ccover of darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n
They also say it will not serve the needed purpose if all the political parties are not involved in the implementation process.<\/p>\n
Bernard Mornah explained that \u201cif we have appropriate polling centers and these results are declared there, there won\u2019t be the need for the so-called strong room that brings all the forms of tension that are not necessary or whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think that they have not yet listened to the political parties. They have to sit with the political parties so that we can agree, which areas we think are gray areas, which areas we think that we can work on particularly towards election 2016,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyapong welcomed the reforms adding that it was long overdue.<\/p>\n\u201cThese are reforms that we have been advocating. Am not saying that they have picked it from the reforms we sent to them, but we are happy. Even if they picked it, it means they support it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cI think If we can resolve the issue of the collation, as for the strong room it is there just in name. We were advocating for a much bigger place maybe outside the electoral commission. In other countries, there is a big place like a conference center and as the results come in they get ratified before they are declared. So I think so far we are quite happy with some of the reforms by the EC.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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