The Convention People’s Party [CPP] Communications Director, Benjamin Nsiah, has warned authorities of the Electoral Commission (EC) to be very fair in their dealings by having the ordinary Ghanaian voter as their focal point and not any political party.
Making reference to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s statement on EC’s new voter register decision, the CPP Communicator pointed out that the President was wrong to make such a call.
President Akufo-Addo has backed calls by a section of Ghanaians to allow the country’s Electoral Commission [EC] compile a new voter register.
“We are getting ourselves ready for December 7. The Electoral Commission is going to compile a new register. It appears there is now an eight-year cycle for the EC to compile a register. They did so in 2012 and 2004. So with these last three including this one are all in the eight-year cycle. I think it makes a lot of sense. The national census itself is done on a ten-year basis.”
“So it makes sense that we keep up the EC to admit new people, take out all those who have died, etc. Their intention is to begin in April. We want everybody in Ghana who can vote to register. It’s important that we all exercise our civic duty to go and vote in December and choose the government that we want,” the President has said.
Explaining further on the matter for discussion on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ newspaper discussion, Benjamin Nsiah mentioned that after reading IMANI’s report on the new voter register controversy, he realized that the EC has erred in some of its procedures for its decision.
“ . . EC should know that it does not have all the wisdom in the world . . .The most important thing for the EC to do in solving the controversy surrounding the new voter register is to break even by listening to all parties involved as it finds appropriate measures to make peace . . . ” he lamented.
He added that the decision of the Electoral Commission not to listen to any diverse view can bring chaos to the 2020 general elections.
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