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TUC Commends
EC
Accra, Dec. 31, Ghanadot/GNA - The Trades Union Congress (TUC)
on Wednesday commended the Electoral Commission for the
matured manner in which it has handled the results of the
December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
“The matured manner in which the results were announced
defused the tension and averted a potentially explosive
situation,” a statement signed by Mr Kofi Asamoah, Secretary
General, TUC said in Accra.
The statement assured the two contending parties, the New
Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress that the
Commission was ready to listen to their legitimate
grievances, where evidence was provided.
The TUC noted that the EC had informed the whole country
that it was going to audit some of the results in the Volta
and Ashanti Regions following complaints from the two
parties hoping that “these investigation will be completed
on time for the new President to be sworn in on January 7,
2009.”
Congratulating the leaders of the two parties, security
personnel, and civil society organizations for a successful
runoff, organized Labour, however, condemned “certain
discordant tones in the course of the runoff, especially
during the period after the ballot and when the whole nation
was anxiously waiting for the declaration of the results by
the EC”.
On the alleged irregularities and malpractices, in the
Ashanti and Volta Regions, the Union condemned the acts of
violence, intimidation and lawlessness committed by
misguided and misled party activities and supporters of the
two parties.
“The systematic form in which actions took makes it
difficult to believe that they were not organized” the
statement said.
The TUC further condemned some sections of the media, who
through pronouncements which clearly incited people to
embark upon illegal, unconstitutional and violent forms of
protest, which had no justification.
In the view of the TUC, such pronouncements were not
consistent with the professional ethics and practice of the
media, adding that, the people of Ghana would not accept
such conduct.
On the Tain Constituency elections slated for January 2,
2009, the Union was optimistic that the elections would be
conducted in a peaceful and transparent manner so that the
two contesting parties would also accept the final results
to be declared by the EC.
GNA
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