CHRAJ condemns Lydia Alhassan for sharing food with voters during special voting
Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has strongly condemned the actions of Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, who shared food with voters during the special voting exercise on Monday, December 2, 2024.
The incident, which was captured on video, shows Alhassan and her constituency women's organiser distributing food to voters at the Legon Police Station polling centre. Alhassan initially denied the incident but later defended her actions, claiming they were driven by compassion.
However, CHRAJ Commissioner Dr Joseph Whittal has deemed Alhassan's actions "tantamount to corruption" and a threat to electoral integrity.
“It is not right to treat as in the legal term, to share food, to share money to anybody in the queue in preparation to vote. It is tantamount to corruption and integrity issues.”
“So having seen that it could happen to even security officials, we have always assumed that that will not be the case. It never happened in the past but this time round, it seems it has happened so we will factor that into our next election,'' Dr. Whittal told journalists in Accra on Tuesday, December 2.
Source: Lead News Online
