Broader consultation needed in appointment of  new EC - CDD

Governance expert and a Director at Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, Dr. Kojo Asante, is calling for broader consultation, devoid of partisanship in the appointment of a new Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson and Commissioners. 

Dr. Asante believes the President should go beyond the minimum requirement of consultations with the Council of State to get a suitable candidate to oversee the Country's electoral body. 

He spoke to the host of GBC's news and current affairs programme 'Behind the News', Ibrahim Kwarteng.

Meanwhile, a member of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Albert Kofi Arhin, expects the President to appoint people who will be accepted by citizens after broad-based consultations with political parties and civil society organisations.

In a separate interview, a private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu called for an institutional audit at the Commission.

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