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EC election decisions
should be respected
Nii Armah Kweifio-Okai
January 01, 2016
The Electoral commission has recently made two announcements
in relation to the end of year elections
- To allow manual verification if biometric verification is
impractical
See
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/politics/2016-Election-EC-approves-manual-verification-402724
And
- To retain the current voters register for this year’s
election
See
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/EC-says-no-to-new-Voters-Register-404465
It is my view that both decisions are correct and proper and
the EC must be congratulated for coming to those decisions
in a timely manner.
I have held the view that the crux of fair elections is
vigilance of political party polling assistants in
verification and authentication of voters on Election Day.
And with manual verification supplementing biometric
verification, we would have a situation where authentic
voters would not be unnecessarily disenfranchised
I have also expressed the view that a new voters’ register
is beyond the means of Ghana in the current challenging
economic circumstances and that improving on existing
electoral registers is best practice in all established
democracies. I am therefore on all fours with the EC on
retaining the current register
The NPP is almost isolated in calling for a new voters
register. After the EC’s decision on the electoral register,
following an independent panel advice, the NPP would be
better off calling a press conference and saying – we do not
agree with the EC’s decision (and every sleeping person in
Ghana would know of the NPP position by now), but it would
be counterproductive to be seen to be spoiling for a fight
outside the ballot box, pre- or post. If the NPP takes this
position, it stands to help Ghana avoid unnecessary rancour
the type we have seen in neighbouring countries in recent
years.
Equally important, such posture would spare the NPP of
resources in fighting against the current voters register
and enable it concentrate on ensuring the existing register
is sanitised and improved as well as concentrating on
polling tasks and measures that would more peacefully result
in valid expression of voters’ wishes at this years
election.
Nii Armah Kweifio-Okai
January 01, 2016
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EC election decisions
should be respected
Commentary, Jan 02, Ghanadot -
the NPP would be better off calling a
press conference and saying – we do not agree with the
EC’s decision (and every sleeping person in Ghana would
know of the NPP position by now), but it would be
counterproductive to be seen to be spoiling for a fight
outside the ballot box.......More
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