The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) over the latter’s decision to reopen the voter’s registration exercise.
The party argues that the Commission has not published in the gazette the 21 days’ notice of the planned exercise to the political parties and the general public.
“A declaration that the Electoral Commission has acted ultra vires in its attempt to conduct registration of voters scheduled for Thursday 1st October 2020 when the Electoral Commission has not caused to be published in the Gazette, twenty-one (21) days’ notice of this voter’s registration to the political parties and the general public;” the NDC stated in its statement.
The NDC said the EC has acted beyond its powers in its attempt to reopen the voter’s register a second time for those who could not register in the first exercise to be registered.
The EC has scheduled October 1, 2020, for a second round of registration for some groups of people who are ye to get registered to do so.
But the EC decision to reopen the registration exercise for the second round is to enable people who were outside the country due to COVID-19 restrictions and for those who were under a 14-day mandatory quarantine to participate in the second round registration exercise.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Solomon Nartey
