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NPP New Juabeng North constituency Chairman in the Eastern Region, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang has asked members of the NDC to stop attacking the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, as their party Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo ordered them to do in his leaked tape.

According to him, the NDC’s propagandist mindset and way of addressing issues have prevented them from analyzing in the right direction any matter put across for discussion.

He said arguments advanced by the largest opposition party against the EC boss are not in line with the EC’s motive to compile a new voter’s register for the next presidential and parliamentary elections.

the New Juabeng North constituency Chairman insisted on UTV's 'Adekye Nsroma' programme that the “EC is an independent body which can decide a matter with its board members before sending it to the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) for further discussion.

The largest opposition party wants the EC to immediately withdraw its "deceptive" communique released at the end of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting.

A statement signed by the General Secretary of the party, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the party has taken a particular notice of a portion of the EC press release which states as follows:- “The Commission will compile a new voters register ahead of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.“

Mr. Asiedu Nketia added that the NDC therefore disassociates itself from the communique and demands it's withdrawal as it is not in consonance with conclusions of the IPAC meeting.

Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that a fresh Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting will be recalled in the coming days to discuss the compilation of a new voters register.

According to the electoral body, though it concedes there was "no extensive discussion" on the compilation of a new voters register, the issue was still raised at the IPAC meeting, where representatives of the various political parties were duly informed about the possibility of the EC embarking on such an enterprise ahead of the 2020 General Elections.

But responding to the NDC's concerns in an interview with Peacefm News, Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Administration, Dr. Bossman Asare, explained that it was "not a deliberate ploy by the EC to spring anything on the various political parties, nonetheless, the commission will arrange a fresh IPAC meeting", so that the EC and the political parties will have an extensive discussion and deliberations on the compilations of a fresh register.