Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has warned the Electoral Commission (EC) to be careful over its move to compile new voters register for 2020 general elections.
Mr. Mahama noted that Ghana has been a peaceful country since it gained independence and the Commission must ensure that that continues.
The former president said this when some Western Region fisher folks paid a courtesy call on him at his Cantonments office In Accra.
He added that “Before you [Jean Mensah] became Electoral Commission [Chairperson] this country was peaceful, so don’t do anything that will bring chaos.
Mr. Mahama said “It is not that we [IPRAN] want to just destroy things but the peace of this country is what is important. We have voted seven times [with the same voter’s register] and everything has gone one well, but why is that for the eighth time, you [EC] are saying you want to change the biometric voter’s register?” he questioned.
Meanwhile, Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other political parties campaigning against the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter’s register to allow the Commission to carry out its Constitutional mandate in peace.
He said “Not until we have amended the Constitution we should accept the independence and authority of the Electoral Commission to do its work,” he said.
Mr. Kufuor was speaking at his Airport residence on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, when members of the Mass Action Committee called on him.
The NDC and some smaller political parties have organized three separate demonstrations to drum home their disapproval of a new register being compiled.
Source: mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
