Agbenyo’s EC appointment threatens electoral credibility – David Boateng Asante warns

“When you compromise the neutrality of the Electoral Commission through appointment of a pure politically exposed person to the high office, you shred the integrity of the office and attack the credibility of the process leading to future elections,” he wrote.

David Asante Boateng, leader of the Let My Vote Count Alliance and former Managing Director of the Ghana Publishing Company Limited, has criticised the appointment of Emelia Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), warning that it could undermine public confidence in the electoral management body.

Ms Agbenyo’s appointment, alongside that of Dr Joseph Kweku Asamoah as another Deputy Chairperson of the EC, has attracted criticism from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).