For this year’s general election, the Electoral Commission (EC) has designated 81 of the nation’s 275 constituencies as flash points or places where there is the potential for election-related violence. We cannot allow them to grow into cannon shots.”“All around us, we have seen the devastating consequences on nations when political leaders place their personal ambitions and sectional interests above national interests. “As a state institution responsible for conducting free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections, we are working very hard at achieving that,” the EC Chairperson said. These include the formation of Election Security Task Force by the Ghana Police Service at the National, Regional and District Levels. She said the EC would also be providing the list of polling stations and the Flash Points areas to the security services ahead of time.

Source: Vibe Ghana September 09, 2016 15:11 UTC