The Supreme Court authorizes the EC to go ahead with a limited number of registrations

General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-06-11

The Supreme Court gave permission to the Electoral Commission (EC) to register the limited number of its electors expected after a first suspension.

This is after the application for an injunction to terminate the process that was rejected by the Apex Court.

The restricted voter registration, which was scheduled to begin June 7-27.

The seven-member jury did not provide reasons for their decision, but indicated that it would be included in their final judgment on the case.

A Ghanaian citizen, Umar Ayuba, has filed in the Supreme Court an application to prevent the EC from proceeding to the limited registration of voters following a substantial complaint that he has filed to challenge the decision of the EC to hold the registration in its districts district offices.

According to the plaintiff, the EC Directive has no legal basis and is therefore unconstitutional.

In response to the motion for an injunction, Attorney General Godfred Dame, representing the Attorney General's Office, who was prosecuted as part of the accused alongside the Electoral Commission, described the application as incompetent on the merits and in accordance with the procedure. .

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) already opposed the EC's attempts to conduct the exercise with district officers.

According to the NDC, this decision was not among the issues raised at the all-party advisory committee (SCPI) meeting held in March.

The party's general secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the NDC "was very different" on the issue and was "opposed to any registration system that would be restricted to EC district offices".

The party insists that the EC must decentralize the exercise to the level of the electoral zones instead of the 260 district offices and some other selected locations.