NDC warns EC, dissociates itself from the new demands of the register of voters

Policy of Friday, March 29, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-03-29

The Democratic National Congress, the largest opposition party, has asked the country's Electoral Commission to carry out its task properly, so as not to appear biased.

"The NDC warns the EC to keep in mind its fundamental mandate to act as a credible impartial arbitrator in the country's electoral processes and to abide by the rules," the party said in a press release signed by his secretary. General, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah.

The NDC reacted post-IPACT. The NDC disagreed with this badertion, insisting that the issue would never be addressed at the all-party advisory committee meeting.

"Such a delicate issue as such must be discussed in depth and all the consequences that follow, the ramifications to be taken into account before making a decision.

"A decision of this nature has a significant impact on the credibility and integrity of our elections and must therefore be properly presented as part of an IPAC agenda, debated in a comprehensive manner. with all relevant stakeholders before the EC can communicate such a MAJOR decision meeting to the general public.

"No such issue has been presented as part of the agenda, nor discussed in a comprehensive or in-depth manner, as the EC wished in their communiqué."

Withdrawal

The NDC's statement stressed that the party "dissociates itself from the communique and calls for its withdrawal, because it does not correspond to the conclusions of the meeting of the IPAC".

The NDC stated that the problem that was close to what the EC claimed was the decentralization of the limited registration exercise at the level of the electoral regions. statement of the Electoral Body meeting suggesting that it was agreed at the meeting that a new voters register would be established this year.