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Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-06-01
The protest of the NDC must be postponed following the "logistical challenges of the police"
Police in the Ashanti region obtained a court order prohibiting the Democratic National Congress from engaging in a demonstration against the Electoral Commission's limited voter registration operation.
The NDC of the Ashanti region had notified its opposition to the EC registration procedure on Monday 3 June 2019.
According to the NDC, about one million Ghanaians would be deprived of the right to vote if the EC were allowed to undertake the procedure of limited voter registration at the district and certain constituency levels.
However, police said the NDC protest was to be postponed following the "logistical challenges of the police" because of the Ramadan banquet, as Muslims in the country had to end their fast one day after the date scheduled for the demonstration.
The court order, signed by High Court Judge Senyo Amedahe and seen by citinewsroom.com, also asked the police to summon the respondents to a meeting within 14 days to reprogram the manifestations after the celebration of Ramadan.
"Respondents are prohibited from participating in the planned protest and demonstration against the Kumasi Electoral Commission on June 3, 2019 due to logistical difficulties encountered by the police during this year's Ramadan. Our court is of the view that the constitutional right to participate in a demonstration or demonstration carries with it the right to police protection. "
"The complainant is ordered to organize a meeting with the defendants within 14 days to reprogram their demonstration after the Ramadan festivities," reads the agenda.
The Ashanti regional wing of the NDC announced Friday that it could hold a protest on Monday.
S addressing Citi News, Kwame Zu, NDC regional secretary for the Ashanti region, said the EC's method in the next limited registration exercise is an attempt to deliberately suppress communities where the NDC has a power.
"We have expressed many concerns to the Electoral Commission and it seems that their posture does not seem to be bothered."
"The last resort we had was to show our discontent in the form of a peaceful procession in Godwilling on June 3, but we are holding a meeting to decide whether the protest will take place on Monday or not. But that does not literally depend on the police position to thwart the process, "he added.
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