The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has argued that the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters register is in the right direction.
According to the party, the current register is overbloated and a new register is required to ensure a reliable and credible election.
Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Nana Obiri-Boahen, made these known in response to the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) opposition for the compilation of a new register ahead of the 2020 general elections..
On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the EC issued a release, announcing its decision to compile a new voters register.
The EC in the release signed by its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, observed that the need to compile a new registered was agreed upon at the IPAC meeting.
But NDC in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said there was no deliberation at the IPAC meeting regarding a new voters register.
Lawyer Obiri-Boahen stated that the move to compile a new voters register was a welcoming news.
According to him, “if the EC says they are going for a new register, I wholeheartedly welcome it.”
He noted that there was nothing wrong for the EC to compile a “reliable and credible” register.
