Governs Agbodza, the minority chief whip, has charged the Electoral Commission (EC) with purposefully posing difficulties during the restricted voter registration drive at its district offices.
Agbodza claims that the EC is conspiring with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to make it possible for a Constitutional Instrument (CI) to be introduced in Parliament that would allow the Ghana Card to be used as the only registration document for the general elections of 2024.
Political parties, civil society organisations, and the general public have all sharply criticised the EC for insisting on holding the limited voter registration drive just at its district offices.
Speaking to Citi News, Agbodza indicated that the EC’s decision aligns with its agenda to establish the Ghana Card as the sole requirement for participating in the general elections.
“We cannot wish the democracy we have to work for all of us but everybody in this country knows the reason the EC is doing this is to create a situation where it is difficult for ordinary people to register so they can come back and say they are using the Ghana Card as the only source document for registration and it is quite clear the Electoral Commissioner who is supposed to be a fair player is in cahoot with the New Patriotic Party,” Agbodza said.
“You will notice that the NPP is not even bothered about the exercise that much simply because they know they have a plan…so don’t be surprised that they will come back to Parliament pretending that they are bringing a CI to make the Ghana Card the only source document when they know it is difficult to get the Ghana Card.”
