Some political parties have called on the Electoral Commission to re-consider its stance regarding the extension of the just ended biometric voter�s register exhibition.
The 10-day exercise which began from September 1 to 10 faced several challenges ranging from low turnout to missing registers in some parts of the country.
The Electoral Commission has stated that the just ended exercise will not be extended nationwide due to the apathetic posture of Ghanaians in verifying their captured details in the biometric voter�s register.
The EC has, however, extended the exercise in some parts of the Ashanti Region, but some of the political parties insist that is not enough.
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie told Citi News the Electoral Commission is being stubborn in the face of apparent challenges.
�It is for the EC to ensure that in his own interest and in the interest of the democracy and all Ghanaians, to extend the period. This is intransigent on the part of Afari Gyan that I will not do this, I will not do that. This does not help the country. I don�t know why he has always been on a suicide mission as far as our democratic dispensation is concerned,� he stated.
Mr. Owusu Afriyie further mentioned that �there are genuine cases out there which is attributable to their own negligence, yet in spite of that, just extending it for a few days so that all these are corrected, he, I am told is adamant and insistent that he will not do that. So somebody must tell Afari Gyan that his arrogance is becoming too much.�
On his part, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Lawson, said an extension is necessary.
He said: �The turnout is not encouraging and I am sure certain factors might have contributed to that and the Electoral Commission has to look at that. They have reasons why they say they are not going to extend the exercise, but it would help if it is extended so as to enable most of our people to go and check.�
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