Mr James Kobina Bomfeh Junior, the Acting Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Thursday said technology is an enabler and not a panacea to solving electoral irregularities.
He said just having a Biometric Voter Management System (BMVS) did not automatically guarantee the sacred principle of one person–one vote as there could be manipulations of the systems in many ways including programming hitches and poorly assembled hardware.
Mr Bomfeh Jr, in an analytical paper copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on the debate over the compilation of a new voters register, said there could also be a deliberate waive or suspension of the rules guiding the process such as not administering verification procedures.
The analytical paper, which was an expression of his personal views and not that of the CPP, said the debate had characterised the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to both procure a new BVMS and compile new voters register.
Mr Bomfeh Jr said the current system was first introduced in March 2012 during the era of Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, the Former Electoral Commission Chairman, with reluctance and tags.
He said with all the possible breaches, the call for an improved biometric technology, no matter how sophisticated, should be properly situated in the context of supporting the controversial human factor than a replacement.
He said the EC needed to resolve strongly that it was embarking on the exercise to procure a new BVMS with the right attitude of making it work to near perfection.
“The old wrong attitudes must give way for new focused driven attitudes of a positive orientation that embraces consistent and constant improvement,” he said.
Mr Bomfeh Jr called on all and sundry to discuss the issues presented as the justification for the acquisition of the BVMS and compilation of the new voters register rather than trying to shoot down every point in order to give concrete reasons for a resistance.
Source: GNA
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GOOD TECHNOLOGY HELPS TO REDUCE FRAUD. ***barred word*** ND ROBBERS ALWAYS TRY TO OUTDO THE POLICE. SO THE POLICE NEED TO REVISE THEIR STRATEGY ALL THE TIME. AS LONG AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD ATTEMPT TO STEAL IN ELECTIONS WE SHALL ALWAYS NEED TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO STOP THEM. SOME SUCH STRATEGIES MAY INVOLVE TECHNOLOGY AND PHYSICAL VIGILANCE.
Ghana does not belong to NDC. Just like Afari Gyan saw the need for a voters register in 2012, the current EC is also of the view that a new register is required for the 2020 elections. The NDC can resort to the courts to compel the EC to drop their agenda if they have compelling reasons for it. Taking to the streets portray them as vagabons who just take delight in formenting trouble in the country. They should remember that they are in opposition, and just as they destroyed the eye of an NPP demonstrator, they should expect same if they try any stupidd move to cause confusion in the country.
so why were you opposing the NDC's view on the new electoral register....this guy just speaks for the sake of "Noise"
SILLY MAN PAAAAAA IS THIS DOG
You are just clueless like your party..... don’t say what u don’t know