Outcome of election petition will reform EC’s delivery – Dep. Chairman

The first female Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Ms Georgina Opoku-Amankwaa, is optimistic that the outcome of the presidential election petition will go a long way to shape the commission’s delivery in future elections.

Admitting that the credibility of the Commission had been put to test by the petition, she nonetheless was of the conviction that the EC would take the criticisms in their stride and find ways to improve on its performance in future.

In an interview with The Mirror in Kumasi, Ms Opoku-Amankwaa, who assumed office on August 1, 2013, maintained that the commission had worked hard over the years but as a human institution, it was bound to make mistakes.

“But such little mistakes should not lead to the bastardisation of the commission,” she stressed, adding that in many instances the EC had been attacked unduly.

Concerning the task ahead of her, she said she would have to develop a thick skin at the EC to overcome the name calling associated with persons working in top positions at the commission.

Source: The Mirror