NDC Member of Parliament for the South Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, Rockson Dafeamekpor has indicated that his party will welcome the alternative relief to include the current voter’s ID Cards and Birth Certificate to the required documents needed for the new register.
He based his alternative relief on an instance where the Supreme Court threw out the request of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to enjoin the Electoral Commission (EC) to maintain the existing voters' register for the 2020 general election.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Hon. Dafeamekpor mentioned that the primary relief of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be to see that the new register does not take off.
“Our primary relief is that the new register will not take off and if it becomes necessary per the Supreme Court ruling that we have to do a new register, in the alternative, the EC should not limit the requirement to only passport and National Identification Card for the registration,” he mentioned.
“The alternative relief is to add the Voter’s Identification Card and birth certificate to the requirement materials needed for the new register because our law accepts that these documents can be used for this exercise," he stressed.
He however was hopeful that the Supreme Court will rule in the favour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the case before the Apex Court is a very reasonable and formidable one, but pray to Ghanaians not to see the case as NDC’s alone.
“We are hopeful that the case we took to the Supreme Court will go in our favour and we don’t want people to think that it is a case for the NDC alone; it is a very reasonable and formidable case," he added.
He argued that the allegation of foreigners being featured in the current voters' register is false as Abu Ramadan could not established such claim at the Supreme Court except that some Ghanaians used documents such as NHIS Cards and Driver’s Licenses that are not required for the registration.
“The Supreme Court ordered the EC to delete those names out and give them the opportunity to re-register with the required documents. Does it mean that those people are foreigners? Even our payroll has ghost names on it and so there is no perfect rosters anywhere in the world . . . ” he added.
To him, it will be wrong for people to say that the voters' register which is 99 percent clean is a bloated register as the calculation of the 56,000 people who used wrong documents to register constitute only 1 percent.
“We have allowed the people to use the term bloated and it has become a reality; it is very bad," he complained.
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com
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This talk will not get u anywhere mr MP. The NDC case to the court was dead on arrival. You said the EC has no power to compile the register but now you have turned to say she has the power. Now the voters ID issue the EC will definitely win. The only important issue worth considering is the birth certificate but this one I don't think the NDC included it in their reliefs. The birth certificate was accepted by the NIA in the compilation of Ghana cards so it will be surprising to reject it but accept the Ghana card. The NIA did not accept the Voter ID in the compilation of the Ghana card so it is equally important for the EC to reject the voter ID. So to me I am looking forward to hear the supreme court to reject the voter ID but ACCEPT THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE
WAA LOOK @ HIS FACE. ARE YOU SURE HE IS A LAWYER? ISN'T HE AN ARM£D R0BB£-R? WHY ARE THE NDC TRIPPING THEMSELVES TO BE THE BEST F0===01$ AND 1D-!0TS IN TOWN? LEADERSHIP ARE +W--AtS , NDC PARLIAMENTARIANS ARE F00====1$, FLAGBEARER A F00===1 AND C0-RRU-TION INFECTED. COMMUNICATORS 1MB£C1LES AND LAWYERS +H1CK AND D-UM---B. WHY OH! WHY HAS GOD AFFLICTED GHANA WITH THE NDC?
Look at this one too..... Tweaaaaaaaaaaaa. You can decide to boycott the elections.
Aaa when were u elected a Ghana paaa a politics is cheap apuuu
WE'VE ALL KNOWN INCLUDING ID CARDS IS A MUST AND WE ALSO KNOW IT ISN'T AN NDC CASE. EVEN NPP MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING THIS UNNECESSARY THING OF A NEW REGISTER. WE CAN'T BE WASTING TAX PAYER'S MONEY LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT REASONABLE AT ALL. I SENSE THE SUPREME COURT WILL DO JUSTICE THIS TIME AROUND. RULE FAIRLY AND YOU SHALL BE REMEMBERED FOR SAVING THIS COUNTRY.
This man does not know what is at stake no wonder they will use asukornoma Edzudzi as lawyer.
THE MP IS NOT MAKING SENSE
WANTED TO FIND OUT LEGAL AND LEGITIMATE REQUIREMENT NEEDED TO DEFEND A REGISTRANT WHO IS NOT HAVING PASSPORT OR GHANA CARD AND IN THE PROCESS OF BEEN VOUCHED FOR TO REGISTER. HOWEVER, S/HE IS BEEN CHALLENGED TO BE A MINOR/UNDER AGE? THE REGISTRANT IS IN POSSESSING OF A LEGAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE. SURELY, BIRTH CERTIFICATE WILL SURELY BE A STRONG DEFENCE TO ESTABLISH YOUR CORRECT AGE AND NATIONALITY. SURPRISINGLY CONFUSED EC IS NOT ACCEPTING BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A BREEDER DOCUMENT TO REGISTER AS A VOTER OR ESTABLISH YOUR NATIONALITY.
So you are now becoming wise after all. You see, the earlier you accept the realities on the ground the better for you.