The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has added its voice to the call for a verification mechanism in the biometric registration for the 2012 general election.
This was contained in a communiqu� issued by the conference at the end of its five-day Annual Plenary Assembly in Takoradi and read by the president of the GCBC, the Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu.
�We urge the government and the Electoral Commission (EC) to procure all the necessary equipment to authenticate the identity of voters in 2012 elections. �
The communiqu� said largely the peace in the country depended on transparent elections and therefore entreated all political parties and stakeholders to support the EC to deliver its mandate.
The bishops commended the government for releasing funds to the EC for the biometric register and charged the commission to be proactive and accountable to the citizenry.
The GCBC called for the establishment of a political framework for the efficient management of post election issues and transfer of political power from one administration to another without degenerating into controversies and acrimonies.
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