Acting General Secretary of the opposition Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kobina Bomfeh says the need for the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile new voters’ register is based on the fact that the current voter management system software has outlived its lifespan.
According to him, the center cannot hold as those who brought the 2012 biometric machines are not in the position to improve the software anymore; thus necessitated plans by the Electoral Commission to look for another vendor to create a new voter management system for the upcoming elections in December 2020.
He was speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show.
“Anybody is knowledgeable in technology knows that every system is done to respond to certain conditions, queries or issues. Software development respond to a particular issue and so as you develop a voter management system, going forward it will demands an update or an enhancement and if the software developers are no longer operational, then there is no way you can improve on the current system…we have something we call, ‘end of life and end of support,” he stated.
Kabila, as he is affectionately called, threw down the gauntlet to anyone to come up with a contrary view of the stance of the Electoral Commission (EC).
“…if anybody has a contrary view of the stance of the EC, they should come out with it and prove the Commission wrong and say categorically that the challenges the EC has mentioned are fabricated; that person should say so”, he dared.
Stating his frustration over the repeated reminder of who is in charge of the system, the CPP Acting General Secretary again said that the voter management system is not under the management of the Electoral Commission but a private company as the EC has no technical knowledge to operate the system.
“This voter management system, it is not the EC that is managing it and we are tired of repeating this fact. EC has no technical know-how to manage the voter management system and the company that was employed to manage the system [vendor] is STL and the contract EC has with them has expired and so we don’t even have the technically competent people to man the voter management system. So, what are they saying? We need a new vendor”, he explained.
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You Kabila why you always confused without making any strong comment on the PDS issues NYA issues, NCA issues, 400 T/circles just to mentioned few? My only advice for you is be on issues to benefit your generations and never be on personal issues especially about John Mahama, ok
THE NDC CAN HOLD DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS SUPPORTING THEIR OLD MANIPULATED /COMPROMISED VOTER REGISTER BUT THAT WON'T RESTRICT THE EC TO FULFILL ITS CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE. THE EC IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY ALL PEACE LOVING GHANAIANS TO COMPLETE ITS JOB WITHOUT DELAY. WHAT IS THE NDC HIDING IN THE OLD REGISTER? THE NDC AND ITS SURROGATES CAN TAKE THE REGISTER WITH THEM AND CHEW IT BUT MUST ABANDON THEIR "EVIL' DREAM OF USING IT FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS. TOFIAKWA!
NDC HAVE HIDDEN AGENDA UNDER THEIR SLEEVES. EITHER THEY HAVE THE KEYS TO THE SOFTWARE AND THUS ARE SURE THEY CAN MANIPULATE THE ELECTION RESULTS OR AMADU SULLEY WHO IS THEIR ELECTION CONSULTANT HAS THE KEY TO THAT SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY STL. WHY ARE THEY CRYING WOLF WHEN THEY HAVE SEEN NOTHING? ARE THEY SAYING EITHER THE NDC'S STANCE OR NEVER? PLEASE ASIEDU NKETIAH AND HIS COHORTS GIVE US A BREAK. AS FOR THE IMANI LED CSO'S THEY HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS AS TINK TANKS IN THE COUNTRY. THEY WOULD SWALLOW HUMBLE PIE AGAIN.
Kabila just save your breath, this NDC friends of ours are the real meaning of hypocrate. They are trying all their possible best to oppose anything good that needs to be done. but I can somehow understand them, because if they can loose that much after adding non Ghanaians and non existing humanbeings to the current voters register then imagine what will happen if all those things are no longer available.