A member of the Electoral Commission\u2019s National Election Steering Committee, Joseph Whittal, has rejected allegations that he should be withdrawn from the committee because he is a known loyalist\u00a0of the incumbent\u00a0National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n
Mr.\u00a0Whittal told citifmonline.com<\/strong>, he is also not a card bearing member of the NDC as alleged by his critics.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Sbt2TfBPqzTBCxaStwCkGG806D1egBC9″]Pro-opposition pressure group, Let my Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) and Spokesperson for the NPP Flagbearer, Mustapha Hamid, have been putting\u00a0pressure on the Electoral Commission to withdraw Mr. Whittal, who’s the\u00a0rep of\u00a0the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), from the 18-member committee because in their view, he is not neutral.<\/p>\n Mustapha Hamid had argued that Mr. Whittal\u00a0is a known member of the NDC, and a former Parliamentary Candidate for the party in the Builsa North Constituency in the 2000 election.<\/p>\n But\u00a0speaking to citifmonoline.com<\/strong>, Mr. Whittal said he has never contested any political office before adding that<\/p>\n \u201cI am not a card bearing member of the NDC.\u201d<\/p>\n He further challenged anyone with evidence to the contrary to provide same.<\/p>\n \u201cI was appointed to the committee as the representative from CHRAJ and not for my own interest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n LMVCA got NSS rep kicked out<\/strong><\/p>\n Let My Vote Count Alliance has succeeded in getting Dr.\u00a0Karl Marx Arhin of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) withdrawn from the committee after it was confirmed that he is a known NDC member who works for the party.<\/p>\n The pressure group has also alleged that Francis Azumah of the National Peace Council who’s also on the committee, is a known member of the NDC hence their call for the entirety of the committee to be dissolved and reconstituted.<\/p>\n Committee won’t be dissolved<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the brouhaha over the composition of the committee, the Electoral Commission has told Citi News<\/strong>, it will not dissolve<\/a><\/strong><\/span> the committee.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n