In preparation for the elections in December, the Electoral Commission (EC) has committed to organising a comprehensive voter exhibition process and furnishing political parties with a reliable voter registration.
This is in response to the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) demand that the EC disclose the provisional voter register for the general elections on December 7 as soon as possible, in order to facilitate the exhibition exercise.
In a Facebook post, NDC Director of Elections Dr. Boamah blamed the EC’s inefficiency and a calculated attempt to give political parties a subpar register for the reason that the register was delayed.
The NDC and other stakeholders are “deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately,” Boamah said, citing the delay as the reason for their concerns.
Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe, the EC’s Director of Training, denied the allegations during a Wednesday appearance on Eyewitness News on Citi FM. He urged the NDC and other interested parties to be patient with them as they go through the exhibition process to resolve any issues.
He said that at the conclusion of the exhibition exercise, the political parties should anticipate receiving a high-quality final register from the commission.
“Why would we fight the same people who are going to help us do the work? We all know the quantum of work to be done…So, they should understand it and once we give it to them, they and the voters and everybody will help to contribute and by the time we finish the eight-day exhibition, we will identify all the challenges and rectify them.”
“They should all expect that when everything is done we will give them the final register. So, we will do good work and give them the final register which will be a quality register,” he stated.