The Electoral Commission of Ghana has expressed surprise at what has been described as a secret video recording which captured events in its strong room during compilation of results of the 2008 general elections.
The recording forms part of a movie titled �An African Election�, a production by a Swiss-Ghanaian documentary film maker Jarreth Merz.
Excerpts of the video which was shown on Metro TV�s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday night featured Nana Akufo-Addo, President John Evans Atta Mills, J. J Rawlings, deputy Health Minister Rojo Mettle-Nunoo and Kwabena Agyepong, among others.
Officials of the EC say though they have not seen the footage, it is not a regular practice to allow private cameras into the strong room without authorisation.
Speaking to Citi News, the General Secretary of the ruling NDC, Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, said though he is not sure what the laws say about cameras in the election strong room, he believes it can promote electoral transparency.
Mettle-Nunoo, who is captured in the footage in an argument with the NPP�s Kwabena Agyepong over an alleged change of results, said documenting events in the strong room could be a useful exercise for electoral transparency.
Meanwhile, the NPP General Secretary, Sir John, who also described the video as revealing in an interview with Citi News said good lessons could be drawn from the video. �It is a lesson for us to know what we should do next time when people are sent to the strong room of the EC,� he said.
The movie director followed the key players in Ghana politics for almost three months to provide an unprecedented insider�s view of the political, economic and social forces at work in Ghana. He built suspense by taking the viewer down the back roads of the nation to capture each unexpected twist and turn in a contest that is always exciting and never predictable. Throughout the film, Merz depicted the pride and humanity of the larger-than-life politicians, party operatives and citizens who battle for the soul of their country.
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