General News of Saturday, 18 May 2019Source: peacefmonline.comUnnecessary ‘Afghanistan’ security for EC won’t scare us - Elvis Afriyie Ankrahplay videoElvis Afriyie Ankrah, NDC’s Director of ElectionsThe Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress [NDC], Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says the new advanced security measures introduced by the Electoral Commission [EC] cannot in any way, intimidate or silence the opposition party at Inter-Party Advisory Committee [IPAC] meetings. There was anger among some political party representatives during an IPAC meeting held on Thursday, following the presence of armed police personnel, reportedly brought in by the commission. The party representatives say they went through stringent security checks, not excluding vigorous scanning, before they were allowed into the conference room for the meeting. This, according to Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, was “unnecessary” – since the meeting wasn’t related to “war”. Who was going to harm the EC?”“Why would they [EC] bring a police officer dressed like an Afghanistan war soldier to a peaceful meeting?

Source: GhanaWeb May 17, 2019 16:41 UTC