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The Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is urging Ghanaians to demand the compilation of a new voters register for the 2016 general elections. This he said is the �first necessary step in ensuring that we have free, fair, transparent, and peaceful general elections in 2016.� A statement signed by Mr. Otchere-Darko stated that the new register which was compiled ahead of the 2012 general election which was aimed at �ostensibly cleaning up voters list�in fact ended up representing the voters� register with the largest percentage size of the population since 1992.� He added that without a new register, Ghana will run the �risk of having another disputed election looms large.� Mr. Otchere-Darko who is also a member of the largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) admitted that the compilation of a �new voters� register would be costly, no doubt.� �I can see a government that is struggling to reduce its load of fiscal deficit resisting at all cost any such extra expenditure. I can also feel some donor fatigue there. But, we should not give up. In fact, we cannot give up! � He therefore appealed to �all political parties, especially the ones in opposition, and all meaning Ghanaians not to give an inch in the push for a credible register for 2016. They must not compromise on this. We can begin with an independent audit of the 2012 register to remove any doubt that it is not credible.�