EC holds IPAC meeting today

The Electoral Commission is set to hold an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting today (Wednesday) on the compilation of a new voters register with various political parties amidst controversies.

The meeting is expected to provide updates on the commission plans for the register in two groups with the first one at 10 am and the second at 2 pm.

The Electoral Commission’s decision to compile a new voters’ register has been met with mixed reactions from the political front.

Whereas the NDC and some opposition parties are against the decision, the NPP and 12 other political parties have backed the move.

Regardless of the resistance, the EC has decided to proceed with the exercise but subsequently, put it on hold following the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

Although the exercise is currently on hold, the EC says it will observe the necessary safety protocols if the time comes for the registration exercise to commence.

NDC’s opposition

The NDC has maintained that the EC’s move to compile a new biometric voters’ register is illogical.

The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said the new register “defies logic and must be fiercely resisted as we in the NDC intend to do.”

“The current voters’ register was used recently to successfully elect about 6,600 district assembly members and about 33,000 unit committee members. Yet the Electoral Commission is telling us that the same register cannot be used to elect one person and 275 Members of Parliament,” Asiedu Nketia said.