CODEO urges EC to ensure prosecution of those inciting violence in voter registration
CODEO calls on the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure the prosecution of individuals arrested for inciting violence during the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
Instances of violence have been reported at registration centers, including Kukuom in the Ahafo Region, Adugyama in the Ashanti Region, and Cape Coast in the Central Region.
Albert Arhin, the National Coordinator at CODEO, emphasized the importance of punishing those involved in election malpractices.
He stated, “The culprits, those who indulge in these election malpractices are to be punished. And the citizenry should see that these people are punished. The moment you just make a wishy-washy kind of arrest, then we don’t hear anything again, people will always want to do it again. So when we arrest them, let us prosecute them so that it serves as a deterrent to others.
Arhin stressed that failure to punish offenders might normalize such behavior, leading to continued misconduct.
