Dr. Michael Kpessah-Whyte has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to publish the full report by experts that recommended that a new electoral roll should be compiled for the 2020 general elections.
The former Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat said in a letter to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Dr Jean Mensa that making the report public will be in the interest of transparency and good governance.
“Much of the controversy surrounding your decision to procure and produce new voters’ register can be resolved if we the citizens are respected enough and given the said report to evaluate ourselves. Don’t we deserve to be given an opportunity to appreciate the enormity of the problems you seek to address? Carry the nation along, don’t dictate to the nation.
“In releasing the report, please ensure that we are equally informed about the processes used to produce the consultants as well as the cost or amounts paid to them. We will also be interested in knowing more about the methods the consultants used, and whether their report has been reviewed by other experts in the field for validation purposes. It will be helpful if you will also include a note on the extent of your consultation and deliberation with the political parties on the issue as has always been the practice,” Dr Kpessa-Whyte wrote in the letter.
The EC has courted controversy for its decision to acquire a new biometric system and also compile a new voters’ register for the December 7, 2020 polls.
The Commission said its internal and external experts have sanctioned the compilation of a new voters’ register, citing a report by an international consultant as a basis for going ahead with the plan.
But the group, Inter-Party Resistance against New Voters’ Register, led by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the time is wrong and the huge cost involved could be used elsewhere.
Source: mybrytfmonline
