Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has taken a swipe at the Director of Electoral Service at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe questioning why the Commission elects him to speak on its behalf.
According to Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, Dr. Serebour Quiacoe has demonstrated in many of his interactions with the media that he does not have the requisite knowledge on electoral matters to speak for the commission hence, he evades most of the clarifications sought from him.
Mr. Cudjoe who could not fathom why such a person would be made to speak on behalf of the EC adding that Dr. Quaicoe in most cases peddles falsehood on matters of public concern and thus, he should not be allowed to speak to the public on the Commission’s behalf.
“I wonder why the EC allows Dr. Serebour to be granting interviews. He is either mostly lying, evasive or just completely clueless on serious issues,” he argued.
The Founding President of IMANI Africa was reacting to an interview Dr. Serebour granted in which he dismissed claims that names of security personnel who are being deployed to man the polls on December 7 are missing from the Special Voting List.
Dr. Serebour Quaicoe who believes the claims are false stated that such omissions were unlikely to occur in the compilation of the names of Special Voters but fell short of backing his argument with figures when he was questioned.
In recent times, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe and his IMANI Africa have been at loggerheads with the Electoral Commission and its top officials.
IMANI Africa, early this year, accused the EC of nepotism in the award of a contract for the procurement of hardware technology which was meant to be used for the compilation of the New Voter Register alleging that the Commission rigged the procurement processes in awarding the contract to a company with questionable reputation.
The Commission, however, dismissed the accusation stating that it had not breached any procurement law.
The think tank which vehemently opposed the compilation of the new Voter Register also described as false the Commission’s claim that procuring new equipment was cheaper than upgrading the existed ones. After the compilation of the new register, IMANI Africa accused the EC of causing financial loss to the state amounting to $150 million.
