The Electoral Commission (EC) has promised to provide a credible voters’ register for the political parties ahead of the December 07 elections.
The Commission has asked the political parties to exercise patience for them to organise a proper exhibition exercise before they hand over the document to them.
The comments follow concerns raised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) demanding the EC to release the provisional voters’ register ahead of the exhibition register.
Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, the Director of Elections for the opposition NDC, in a post on Facebook, tagged the EC as being incompetent for its inability to provide the provisional register for the parties ahead of the upcoming exhibition exercise.
He said the Commission’s actions was a deliberate attempt to produce a sub-standard register to the political parties.
According to him, the delay in producing the register has left the NDC and other stakeholders in the election “deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately.”
Meanwhile, Dr Serebuor Quaicoe, Director of Training at the EC, has refuted the claims and asked the NDC and other stakeholders to bear with them and help them go through the exhibition process to rectify all challenges.
He indicated that the political parties should expect the Commission to provide a quality final register at the end of the exhibition exercise.
“Why would we fight the same people who are going to help us do the work? We all know the quantum of work to be done…So, they should understand it and once we give it to them, they and the voters and everybody will help to contribute and by the time we finish the eight-day exhibition, we will identify all the challenges and rectify them.”
“They should all expect that when everything is done we will give them the final register. So, we will do good work and give them the final register which will be a quality register,” he said on Accra-based Citi FM Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
