Public Agenda (Accra)
Doe Lawson
21 November 2008
Techiman — The Techiman Municipal Police Commander Supt Solomon Ntim has reminded various political parties that it is illegal to campaign after six o'clock in the evening.
According to the Municipal Commander, the Police will no longer offer any protection to any political party which flouts the law and campaign.
Supt. Solomon K Ntim was speaking at the Municipal Election Security Task Force meeting to devise strategies to handle security during, before and after next month's general elections.
The objective of the meeting was to harmonize the role of operations among all the security agencies that make up the Municipal Task Force to adopt a common approach to tackle difficult situations. The meeting was attended by Heads of Security, representatives from the assembly and the media.
Supt Ntim appealed to the parties to stop personal attacks and concentrate on issues and how they would solve problems facing the country.
The Municipal Police Boss called on the citizenry especially the youth to cooperate with security personnel and electoral officers to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections this year. He said the police administration would deploy about 500 troops to the Municipality to help maintain law and order.
Speaking on the role of the electorate and political parties, the municipal Director of NCCE, Mr. Simon Ogah urged all political leaders to conduct themselves responsibly by respecting the laws of the land, adding that the relative peace that the nation is enjoying must be maintained during and after the elections.
On his part, the Techiman Municipal Electoral Officer, Mr. Kwabena Asante refuted allegations by leaders and supporters of some political parties that the body was planning to rig Election 2008.
Mr. Kwabena Asante urged Ghanaians to assist in building a good reputation for the EC and the country instead of doing things that could result in destroying the electoral process. He announced that three additional poling stations have been created at Gyarko JHS, Islamic Primary A and Godbless to minimise long queues at those stations during elections. He said Techiman now has 173 polling stations with 102 for Techiman South and 71 for Techiman North constituencies.
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