The Electoral Commission (EC) has pledged to deliver a free, fair and transparent election on December 7, given the high stakes, with the Police assuring to give the best of security that would ensure peace and order during the electoral process.

The Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa, who gave the assurance at a crucial meeting with a high-powered delegation of the Ghana Police Service, led by the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, in Accra yesterday stressed that although the stakes were high with the two main political parties determined to make history, the EC would be firm in handling the electoral process to deliver a verdict that would be accepted by all parties.

Again, she said with the support of the Ghana Police Service and other security agencies, the EC was confident that all eligible voters would cast their vote in a safe environment.

“The elections are crucial because of the breaking the eight mantra and the fact that the two candidates of the two leading political parties come from the same region; one is a former president and the other is a sitting Vice-President.

“The EC wants to assure Ghanaians that we will take every step to ensure a free, fair and transparent elections whose outcome would be accepted by all,” he stressed.

Mrs Mensa said while the EC could best be described as “the midwife for delivering credible elections”, the Commission needed a key institution such as the Ghana Police Service to maintain the peace and security of the country.

She said the collaboration between the police and the EC at the Kumawu and Assin Central by-elections gave credence to the fact that the two institutions could work for peaceful elections.

She called on the police to help the Commission with security during its activities – from the voter registration, exhibition of voters’ register, to the elections, to ensure that people do not disrupt the peace of the nation.