Reeves initially enjoyed praises and had it soft from almost all members of the Standing Committee on Autonomous Agencies. Reeves: “I’m suited for this position because I have all the qualifications; I was an actor at the National Elections Commission – I was hired contract legal counsel to scrutinize the 2017 presidential and legislative elections and I know of the workings appertaining thereto at the Elections Commission. Reeves admitted that one does not need to be a lawyer to serve as Commissioner of the NEC. For Dillon, this was important because he believes serving at the NEC requires integrity void of political alignment and interference. Teplah Reeves was not supposed to be politically aligned throughout her life hoping that one day she would be appointed one day.

Source: Front Page Africa July 10, 2020 07:18 UTC