The NPP has led the course for the compilation of a new voters’ register claiming that the register used for the 2012 election was fraught with anomalies which renders the electoral roll not credible.
The EC constituted an Independent Panel to look into the concerns of the NPP and other like-minded groups on the Voters’ Register but the panel shot down the NPP’s proposal.
In a statement the EC said “The Electoral Commission will continue to engage stakeholders to ensure that a clean and credible voters’ register is in place for the 2016 general elections through an inclusive and collaborative audit process.”
“The Panel finds the arguments for a new register unconvincing and therefore does not recommend the replacement of the current voters’ register,” the statement added.
Speaking to Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa Monday, Koku Anyidoho commended the EC for making such a bold decision to decline calls for a new voters’ register.
“We all know that what the NPP were doing was much ado about nothing… the EC has spoken and we respect the decision. We all saw Mac Manu at the EC forum, he failed to make a convincing presentation on why there should be a new register. We thank God that this decision has come very early in the year, it will allow us to focus on other issues”
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