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General News on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-04-17
play the videoJohnson Asiedu Nketia
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) refuted claims by the Electoral Commission (EC) that political parties had agreed to hold a limited number of elections in the district offices of the Commission.
The party said it was opposed to the decision to maintain limited registration at the last meeting of the SCPI in March, as available evidence shows that there is no reason to believe that the registration will be limited. it will eventually deprive many qualified potential voters of their rights.
The party, according to its secretary general, proposed that registration be limited to the level of all electoral sectors, as was the case in the past, and motivated its proposal.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia said it had been a shock when the EC at a press conference on Tuesday said that the decision to maintain limited registration in the district offices had been taken to the local government. IPAC.
"You know that at the last meeting of IPAC held on March 171, 2019, some issues were discussed, while others were simply mentioned without any discussion and no decision So it was taken about them … "he said.
According to him, the different political parties accepted in principle the proposal of the exercise of registration, but no agreement was found on how this exercise should be conducted.
"The EC has proposed to register in all district offices of the Commission. They said it would be done online. Political parties opposed it. Some suggested that this be done at least in all constituency centers, but the NDC proposed that this be done in all electoral regions. No final decision was made about this and yet, his press release after the meeting indicated that it was one of the decisions made at IPAC. . This is not correct and this has prompted the NDC to challenge it. The NDC is opposed to any registration system that would be limited to the EC District Offices. "
The party added that the evidence shows that it is a system that will eventually deprive their rights of many qualified potential voters.
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