PPP Writes To Auditor-General And EOCO Alleging Fraud At The Electoral Commission

The Progressive People’s Party continue to battle the EC concerning their disqualification from contesting in the 2016 polls.
Flagbearer Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom was one of 12 aspirants disqualified from contesting for various administrative errors on their filing documents.
But the party is not taking the issue lying down at all, and their latest move involves writing to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Auditor-General, calling on them to investigate fraudulent activity on the part of the Electoral Commission.
Speaking in Accra Friday, General Secretay Kofi Siaw said the receipt the party received from the EC after paying their Parliamentary filing fees were fraught with mistakes – including one writing the Ghc 1,700 they paid in words as Ghc 1,700,00 – the basis for their claim of fraud.
“The receipt EC gave us for the payment of the deposit had GH1,700.00 in words but in figures they wrote one million seven hunderd (r was placed after e instead of vice versa) thousand Ghana cedis,” he explained.

“Clearly, we have every reason to believe that the EC has set itself on a course for a possible fraudulent act and we have therefore written to the Auditor-General and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate this matter and prosecute the perpetrators if deemed necessary.”
Mr Siaw added that if the EC themselves could make such fundamental errors, why are they applying a different standard to everyone else.
“Does this not mean that it is possible for everyone to make administrative errors? If this is true, why does the EC want to work together with political parties with iron fists?” Siaw wondered.