It was not deliberate, we will remember a new IPAC meeting, EC told NDC

General News on Friday, March 29, 2019

Source: peacefmonline.com

2019-03-29

The Electoral Commission (EC) announced that a new meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) will be recalled in the coming days to discuss the establishment of a new electoral list.

According to the electoral body, while admitting that there had been no "in-depth discussions" on the establishment of a new electoral register, the question had been raised again. at the meeting of IPAC, where representatives of different political parties were duly informed of the possibility of a vote. The EC engages in such an undertaking before the general elections of 2020.

His comment follows the concerns raised by the National Democratic Congress (NEC) about some sneaky operations perpetrated by the electoral body.

NDC IPAC Rep

Election director of the largest opposition party, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, initially denied EC publications that, among the issues discussed at the IPAC meeting on Wednesday, found a compilation of the new register of electors.

According to him, although the creation of a new register of voters was "inscribed on the agenda", it was "never discussed at the meeting".

Akosua Agoe Aboagye, a board member of Okay FM, said, "If the Electoral Commission behaves this way by misleading Ghanaians, we can not trust ourselves in anticipation of next year's general election. An EC that is supposed to be neutral in its activities is rather misleading to Ghanaians, which does not bode well for the country's electoral system. "

Remove the "misleading" statement

Moments after its interview, NDC management called for the withdrawal of IPAC's "misleading" news release because it does not correspond to the conclusions of the IPAC meeting.

In a statement signed by NDA Secretary-General Johnson Asiedu Nketia, he said the party had taken note of part of the EC press release which stated: – "The Commission will establish a new Register of Electors Before the 2020 Election Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

"We wish to state with force and without fear of contradiction that no decision has been taken on this subject. In fact, the constitution of a new voters register has only been mentioned by the EC during discussions on limited registrations. There has certainly been no "in-depth deliberations" on this particular issue, "the statement added.

Storm in a cup of tea?

Responding to the NDC's concerns in an interview with Peacefm News, Assistant Commissioner for Administration Bossman Asare explained that it was "not a deliberate ploy by the EC to launch anything about the different political parties. will organize a new IPAC meeting ", so that the EC and political parties have in-depth discussion and deliberations on the compilation of a new registry.

"At IPAC meetings, we sometimes inform the various representatives of the different political parties of certain things without engaging in detailed discussions with them. This is not a novelty that worries anyone. However, we can arrange to be included in our agenda at our next IPAC meeting, "he added.