Today, Wednesday, November 8, 2023, the House is scheduled to hear a briefing from Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), regarding the just concluded restricted voter registration campaign.
Beginning on September 12, 2023, the EC conducted a limited voter registration drive that resulted in the registration of almost 600,000 new voters.
The Minority in Parliament claimed that Members of Parliament were financially burdened by the EC’s decision to limit the activity to its district offices.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader, stated last week at the presentation of the business statement that the head of the EC will give a status report on the election process on Wednesday.
“Mr Speaker, [Alban Bagbin] pursuant to order 44, the leadership of the business committee proposed that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, be invited to attend upon the house [on] November 8, 2023, at a close sitting to brief members of the house on matters arising from the recently held limited voter registration exercise undertaken by the commission and other related matters. Of course, it wasn’t necessary to castigate the EC when you have not heard from them, it was unnecessary,” the Majority Leader said.
The Electoral Commission ended its voter register exhibition exercise on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
The exercise began on November 3.
