A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of New Patriotic Party (CYNPP), a pressure group, yesterday waded into the call for the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters� register.
According to the group, the current voter register was not credible and could not guarantee a fair and credible general elections next year.
Amidst singing and dancing, the group, numbering about two 200, trooped to the NPP�s Headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra, to press home their demand for a new electoral register amidst chanting of slogans such as �we want a new voters� register; �we need a credible and fair election next year.�
Addressing a news conference later, the spokesman for the group, Dennis Ahmed, said the absence of a new register could be �a recipe for disaster� in next year�s elections.
He alleged that the current register was bloated because over 76,000 foreigners allegedly had their names in.
�We are calling for a credible Ghanaian voters� register now and not an ECOWAS voters� register like we have now. A stitch in time saves nine,� Mr Ahmed said, adding that �the youth would do everything legally possible, including petitioning the United Nations if the need arises, for the EC to compile a new register.�
He explained that some well-meaning Ghanaians and organisa-tions such as former Presidents, Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor, the Christian Council of Ghana and the Catholic Bishops� Conference, had called for a new voters� register to ensure a peaceful election next year, and the EC should heed to their advice.
He said they could not fathom why a particular party would oppose the compilation of a new voters� register when well-meaning Ghanaians and organisations are stressing the need for a fresh register.
Mr. Ahmed entreated the leadership of the party to continue to push for a new register.
�We know the step our leadership is taking, but we are urging them not to compromise on anything except a new credible voters� register for Ghanaians in election 2016,� he said.
The group commended the presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Akufo Addo for his �Rise and Build� tour within and outside the country.
�We the concerned youth of this great party are solidly behind the flag bearer in his quest to salvage this country from the mismanagement from this inept and incompetent government,� he said.
Mr. Ahmed said, �we are by this statement re-affirming our resolve to work extra hard for victory come for 2016.�
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