Kugwiritsa ntchito inki yosatha kumakhala ndi zotsatira zazikulu pamasankho

Kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo m'madera ambiri padziko lapansi kwasintha kwambiri chuma chambiri, kuphatikiza India. Tekinoloje ku India ndiyomwe ikuyendetsa chuma cha dzikolo. Komabe, dziko la India limagwiritsa ntchito inki yosatha kupeŵa kuvota kawiri ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito mayina a anthu omwe anamwalira kuti avotere pazisankho. Kugwiritsa ntchito inki yosatha pachisankho sikukhudzana ndiukadaulo. Pepala lovota lisanaperekedwe kwa wovota, dzina la ovota limazindikiridwa ndikulowa pandandanda wa ovota. Inki yokhazikika imathandiza oyang'anira zisankho kuyang'ana ngati wina adavota komanso ngati dzina lawo linalembedwa molakwika. Izi zimapewanso kukayikira anthu omwe adavota kale.

Malinga ndi malipoti, pafupifupi maiko 24 padziko lonse lapansi amagwiritsa ntchito inki yosatha pazisankho. Philippines, India, Bahamas, Nigeria ndi mayiko ena akugwiritsabe ntchito inki yosatha kutsimikizira ndikuletsa mavoti angapo ndi zolakwika zina. M'malo mwake, mayikowa ndi otsogola kwambiri paukadaulo kuposa Ghana. Komabe, ngakhale kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo m'maikowa, inki yosatha ndi yofunika kwambiri pakuvota.

Chifukwa chiyani bungwe la Electoral Commission ku Ghana, lomwe lidayitanira zisankho zapulezidenti katatu pachisankho cha 2020, likukhulupirira kuti inki yosatha yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito poletsa mavoti angapo iyenera kuthetsedwa pazisankho zamtsogolo? Komanso zisankho za makhansala m’maboma zomwe zachitika posachedwapa zakhala zokanika kuphatikizirapo kuti maboma ambiri alephera kuponya voti pofuna kupewa zolakwika ngati zomwezi mtsogolomu. Komabe, European Commission ikufuna kuyika chikayikiro pa kukhulupirika kwa zisankho zathu pochotsa inki yosatha.

Tsoka ilo, bungwe la EC silinathe kubweretsa zida zachisankho m'malo ambiri ovotera munthawi yake kapenanso kuyika mayina a anthu ambiri pazisankho. Komabe, m’malo moyesetsa kupititsa patsogolo kagwiridwe kake ka ntchito, idafuna kudzetsa chikaiko pakuchita ndi kuyang’anira zisankho zaufulu, zachilungamo komanso zowonekera. Zomwe zidachitika pamasankho a khonsolo yamaboma zidali zosafunikira ndipo sizingaloledwe kuchitika pazisankho zazikulu za 2024. Kupanda kutero, zitha kuyambitsa kusamvana m'dziko. Ntchito yayikulu ya bungwe la Election Commission ndikuchita zisankho mowonekera, mwaufulu ndi mwachilungamo. Kuyesera kupanga ndi kuchita zinthu zokayikitsa zomwe cholinga chake ndi kusokoneza cholinga chomwe chatchulidwa pamwambapa sichikhala chademokalase ndipo chingayambitse kusakhazikika. Ndikofunika kuzindikira kuti bungwe la Election Commission ilibe mphamvu zotere zopangira zisankho za mbali imodzi. Maphwando ayenera kusagwirizana ndi European Commission. Chilichonse chomwe EU ikuchita chikuyenera kukhala chokomera zipani zandale zoyimira anthu ambiri mu IPAC.

Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa inki yosakhoza kuzimitsidwa kuli ndi tanthauzo lofunika kwambiri pakuvota. Inki yokhazikika imakhala pakhungu kwa maola 72 mpaka 96. Ngakhale pali mankhwala omwe amatha kuchotsa inkiyi pakhungu, imakhalabe pa zala nthawi yayitali ndipo imatha kudziwika ngati mankhwala achotsedwa mkati mwa tsiku limodzi kapena awiri. Palibe kukayikira kuti kugwiritsa ntchito inki yosatha kudzathetsa mavoti akufa ndi mavoti angapo. Ndiye n'chifukwa chiyani EU inasiya kugwiritsa ntchito? Nkhani ina yodabwitsa kwambiri: panthawi ya zisankho zamaboma, bungwe la zisankho silinathe kupereka zida zachisankho kumadera ambiri mdzikolo pa nthawi yake. Chifukwa chiyani kuvota kunatha nthawi ya 15:00? Malingaliro awa sakuganiziridwa bwino ndipo zipani za ndale zisalole. Chosatsutsika n’chakuti anthu ambiri adzalandidwa chifukwa pachisankho chapitachi anthu ambiri anali adakali pamzere kuti adzavote m’madera ambiri m’chigawochi pamene zisankho zatha (5 koloko masana). Ngati m'masankho apitawa malo ambiri oponyera voti amatha kutseka nthawi yosankhidwa (5:00 pm), zingatheke bwanji? Cholinga cha 3 pm sichinapangitse kuti anthu ambiri asamavote. Choncho, ntchito ya bungwe la Election Commission sikuchotsa ufulu wa anthu, kupanga zisankho za mbali imodzi, kuchita ndi kuyang'anira zisankho zopanda chilungamo.

Ntchito za bungwe la EC ndi: kupereka mfundo zokhuza ndondomeko ndi kuwonetsetsa kuti ndondomeko zachisankho zikukwaniritsidwa; Onetsetsani kuti malire a malo oponyera zisankho afotokozedwa pazachisankho. Gwirani ntchito ndi dipatimenti yogula zinthu kuti muwonetsetse kugula ndi kugawa zida zachisankho. Onetsetsani kukonzekera, kukonzanso ndi kukulitsa mndandanda wa ovota. Kuwonetsetsa kayendesedwe ka zisankho ndi ma referendum; Kuonetsetsa kayendetsedwe ndi kalondolondo wa chisankho ku mabungwe aboma ndi omwe si aboma; Kuwonetsetsa kukhazikitsidwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa mapulani a jenda ndi olumala;