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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to use every legal means top ensure that the Electoral Commission does not go through with a new Constitutional Instrument to make the the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration.
At a press conference in Accra, Tuesday, NDC national Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo actually called on the EC to abandon the process or incur stiff opposition.
“Since the C.I. has not formally been laid before Parliament, we take this opportunity to call upon the EC to abandon the idea altogether. We wish to serve notice that we will use every lawful means to resist this latest effort to undermine the right of Ghanaians to vote and in the process skew the electoral system in favour of the NPP…in the light of the above we demand an immediate cessation of all works on the new C.I.”
According to Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo, a thorough stakeholder engagement and discussion is needed before it will be ideal for the EC to put the new C.I. before parliament.
It accused the EC of insincerity, alleging the Electoral body is scheming to rig the 2024 elections for the NPP.
According to the NDC, if the EC wants to genuinely conduct a new registration exercise, the Commission should rather amend the current C.I. rather than introduce a new C.I.
“It is also strongly felt that if the EC is indeed sincere in its intention to conduct a continuous registration exercise, it should rather come with an amendment to the existing C.I. for that purpose instead of introducing a completely new C.I. This will remove any lingering doubts that the EC intends to jettison the existing voters register in the near future,” Ofosu Ampofo said.
On 8th September, the EC had held a press conference and and explained that the decision to make the Ghana card the sole document for voter registration is to ensure that minors and foreigners are weeded out of the voting process.
Speaking at the news conference, Deputy EC Chair in Charge Operations said the Ghana Card would help phase out the guarantor system which was often exploited by non-eligible persons to get onto the electoral register.
“Such unqualified persons used the door of the guarantor system to try to get onto the register…anyone who turns 18 simply has to walk to the district office of the Commission where the person wants to vote and register as a voter.”
The Commission is expected to lay before the House the newly proposed C.I. when the House resumes.