A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Jones Dotse has clarified that the court ordered the deletion of the names of all those who registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card from the electoral register.
Speaking at a training programme for judges on the new electoral law – C.I. 91 – in Accra Thursday, Justice Dotse said anybody who does not understand the court’s ruling should just come back to the court.
Justice Dotse was a member of the panel of Supreme Court Judges who ordered that the EC removes the names of voters who registered with the NHIS card from the register and rather offer an opportunity for anybody affected by that move but who qualifies to be re-registered.
Daily View Gh’s reporter,Dan Kwasi Prince who was at the function reported that Justice Dotse said the court was clear in its ruling.
“…we [Supreme Court] said the use of the NHIS cards is therefore unconstitutional and it should take the opportunity to clean the register of those undesirable persons.”
He said, ”…because we also do not want to disenfranchise anybody … the Supreme Court went on to say that anybody who will be affected by that exercise should be given the opportunity to register according to the law and the constitution, period.”
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By: Dan Kwasi Prince// www.dailyviewgh.com
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