{"id":160482,"date":"2022-03-11T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=160482"},"modified":"2022-03-11T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:12:01","slug":"sit-tight-leaders-will-find-it-hard-to-rig-elections-with-technology-jonathan-tells-ecowas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/sit-tight-leaders-will-find-it-hard-to-rig-elections-with-technology-jonathan-tells-ecowas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit-tight leaders will find it hard to rig elections with technology, Jonathan tells ECOWAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Goodluck Jonathan has admonished the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy technology in electoral processes to achieve free and fair elections in member states.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Thursday in Monrovia by Jonathan at the extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said with the deployment of technology, manipulation and rigging of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/south-korean-envoy-reveals-why-nigerias-2023-elections-are-of-global-importance\/\">elections<\/a> results can be eliminated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIf full technology is deployed at all stages in the electoral process, elections will be free and fair and completely eliminate the manipulation and rigging of results,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWhen technology is deployed across the board, you will find out that people can even vote from the comfort of their homes or in their cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cAnd by so doing, politicians will no longer have the opportunity to engage thugs and criminals to stuff ballot boxes, cause mayhem and disrupt the electoral process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said citizens of the sub-region often lose confidence in their leaders who they believe to have manipulated the electoral system.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">The deployment of technology, according to Jonathan, will hinder the manipulation of electoral processes by sit-tight African leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIf technology is deployed, African presidents who refuse to relinquish power even when they have lost election will find it difficult to manipulate the process,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThis is more so because it will be the prerogative of the people to choose to vote them out or allow them to continue in power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Goodluck Jonathan has admonished the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy technology in electoral processes to achieve free and fair elections in member states. 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