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PNC, NDC kick against compilation of new voters register

The People’s National Convention (PNC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) say compilation of a new voters register ahead of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections was not part of the agenda and key decisions made at the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on the 26th of March this year (2018).

Speaking in an interview with GBC’s Radio Ghana, the PNC’s Chairman, Bernard Monarh, said the agenda for the meeting was to discuss preparations towards the 2019 District Level Elections and Referendum, Inspection of party offices and Political Parties Audit requirements and therefore does not know why the Electoral Commission (EC) has included a compilation of a new voters register, which is outside issues discussed.

The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said the party was surprised at the insertion of the issue of compilation of a new voters register in the EC’s statement on the IPAC meeting.

Mr. Nketiah noted that important decisions made at the meeting were rather ignored.

EC’s decision to compile new voters’ register for 2020 elections

The Electoral Commission today announced it will compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Ghana.

Ahead of that, a limited registration of new voters prior to District Level Elections and a Referendum in May, 2019, will take place in all district offices of the Commission across the country.

The referendum will seek to amend Article 55 (3) of the Constitution to enable Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to be elected on partisan basis.

The decisions were contained in a statement the Commission issued following an inter-party advisory committee meeting held Wednesday, March 27, and said a time table and road map for the District Level Election, the Referendum and other activities for the year will be published in the 1st week of April 2019.

It said, among other agreements with stakeholders at the meeting, the District Level Elections and the Referendum will be conducted on the same day during the last quarter of 2019.