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Peace Council wades into EC controversy; calls for arbitration

Chairman of the council, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, says there must be an arbitration to listen to both sides.

He also cautioned against any action that may undermine the confidence people have in the EC.

“The EC is a very important institution in the country’s democratic governance, they are responsible for our election and everything which is very central to the democracy we are practising," he said.

He continued: "So if there are wrangling going on in the EC, it creates all sorts of problems.

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"And again a lot of people have deep sense of respect for us especially for the last election which was very peaceful.

"Now this comes up with all sorts of accusations and counter accusations and all that tarnishes the image of our democracy and that is why I would plead that the EC chairperson must have a meeting with the staff; there must be some form of arbitration to listen to both sides.

"And try to find out whether the issues that are there can be thrashed.”

The unamed staff, in a petition to President Akufo-Addo, are demanding Mrs Osei's removal over allegations that she terminated a contract with STL and unilaterally renegotiated a contract with a vendor of the EC for $21,999,592 without informing her deputies or other commissioners.

The petition, signed by the lawyer for the workers, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, described as fraudulent Mrs Osei’s cancellation of a contract between the EC and Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) – a company contracted to supply and manage Biometric Voter Registration machines (BVRs) and the Biometric Voter Devices (BVDs), as well as, coupled with her ordering of the payment of $76,000 to IT firm Dream Oval.

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