Jean Mensa
The effort of the NDC in undermining the democratic process is as constant as the North Star.
Unfortunately it is an enterprise which as part of the grand plan of throwing spanners into the works of the Electoral Commission (EC) always fails.
The confidence most Ghanaians reposed in the EC in a reputable survey recently was an indication that the NDC had failed to turn things in its favour.
The party has invested so much in altering the negative impression of Ghanaians about it, but to no avail.
A political party whose obsession with destroying a state institution critical in the democratic process such as the EC should be considered a destructive political grouping unworthy of the nod of the good people of this country.
For every step taken by the EC, the NDC will have a scum to hurl at it, all of which miss their target.
But for the need to clarify issues and put them in their right contexts for those who are oblivious to the mischief of the NDC, we will have counseled the EC to ignore the many fabrications manufactured in the lies mint of the opposition party.
Responding to every illogical charge leveled against it by the opposition party is a distractive mechanism and should be considered as such.
The EC had cause to respond to the latest series of fabrications against it which ranged from misinformation about overprinting of ballot papers to the inclusion of the Assembly Press in the list of printing entities as though it was backdoor process.
Having been at the helm for more years than the NPP, the NDC cannot claim not to know that there should be room for extra print-run of the papers.
That the party will turn round to claim the EC is doing something unprecedented in this regard is nothing but mischief.
A commission, whose transparency template is unlike the opaqueness of the previous order, deserves commendation not mischief.
The latest series are intended to to incite the public against the commission after its deserving thumbs-up from Ghanaians.
The Assembly Press as a state agency is among the list of printers which have undertaken the ballot papers project since 1992.
It was instructive that the EC gave a list of printers of the ballot papers since 1992 which included the Assembly Press.
With the level of confidence both Ghanaians and the international community have in the EC, shouldn’t the NDC drop its game-plan for positive engagement in the national interest?
Doomed, it is not listening to good counsel and will continue on this tangent until it exhausts its stock of oxygen.