Nana Yaa Jantuah, the former Director of Public Relations and External Affairs at the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has emphasized that the signing of a peace pact is meaningless without equity and fairness.
In an interview on Kingdom FM, monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Nana Yaa Jantuah voiced her concerns regarding the postponement of the special voting exercise for the Eastern and Western regions, initially scheduled for yesterday, now moved to Thursday, December 5, 2024. The delay, she noted, was due to the recall of printed ballot papers for the two regions.
While acknowledging that political parties and candidates have signed a peace pact, Nana Yaa asserted that “if there is no equity and fairness, there is no peace.” She questioned how peace could be achieved when fairness is absent.
She further argued that political parties should not have signed any peace pact, emphasizing that it was the Electoral Commission (EC) alone that should have signed such an agreement. According to Nana Yaa, the EC holds the power to either maintain peace or sow chaos.
She pointed to several instances under the current regime that raised concerns. “Under her regime, BVR machines are missing, laptops are missing, and we don’t know where they are at the moment,” Nana Yaa stated.
“Under her regime, District-level elections were conducted twice, there was confusion during the limited registration process, and in 2020, votes were counted five times after the elections were over.”
