The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as ‘false’, claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that names of its supporters have been deleted from the 2020 voters’ register.
“Our attention has been drawn to statements in the media by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its Flagbearer to the effect that the Electoral Commission is carrying out an agenda to remove the names of its supporters and sympathisers from the Voters Register. This allegation is false,” the EC said in a statement yesterday.
Fairness
The Commission stated it has, since the beginning of the compilation of the register, lived up to its motto of ‘Fairness, Transparency and Accountability’, adding that “at every point, we have provided factual, accurate and evidence based information to our stakeholders on voter statistics per region, district, gender, age among others.”
“To date, every interested Ghanaian has information on the number of persons who registered in the just concluded Voter Registration Exercise based on the information we provided,” the EC said.
“It is a paradox, therefore, to suggest that the same Commission now seeks to remove persons from the Voters Register.
“Had that been the agenda of the Commission, it would not have given detailed information to stakeholders throughout the registration process. We assure the General Public that these allegations are unfounded,” the EC noted.
The EC started exhibition of the register this week, giving registered Ghanaians the opportunity to check and confirm their details.
The Commission further announced the use of mobile short message system (SMS) as another avenue for registrants to check their details.
“We are fixing the issues unearthed. We assure the Public that the Commission is working to ensure that the margin of error with the Voters Register is negligible. We are confident that at the end of the process, we will bequeath the nation with a register that reflects truth and integrity, a register that is credible and comprises eligible Ghanaians only,” the EC added.
Source: dailystatesman.com.gh/Kwasi Frimpong
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