National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to postpone the upcoming voter exhibition exercise.
He is calling on the National Peace Council and other stakeholders to speak to the Commission to suspend the exercise until it provides the voter register to the NDC.
Mr. Asiedu Nketia, popularly referred to as General Mosquito, in the political space, says as far as he is aware, the register which is supposed to be shared to the political parties ahead of the exhibition has not gotten to the desk of the NDC, that of the NPP he said he cannot speak to.
He was speaking with Captain Smart on Maakye Monday, August 19, 2024, when he made the comments.
He said that the Electoral Commission “should ensure we get the provisional register and if they think we can’t get it, they should make us all meet and postpone the exhibition so we can have a meaningful exhibition. If they want us to have a peaceful election, they should get us the copies of the register first.”
Meanwhile, the NDC National Chairman thinks the NPP out-doored its manifesto as a cover-up for the upcoming voter registration to shield the EC’s failure to provide the register for the parties prior to the exercise.
Mr Asiedu Nketiah explained that providing the voter’s register to the political parties would serve as a safeguard and help to eliminate any illegal names from the register to prevent potential chaos.
“We are calling on the Electoral Commission to postpone the exhibition exercise and rather ensure that the parties receive the voters register because that is what we will use to conduct the exhibition.
“If you haven’t given us a register and you announce for us to conduct the voters’ exhibition, how will we detect if there are any discrepancies once the exercise is over? It is just like blindsiding us,” he said.
The upcoming Voters exhibition exercise being organised by the elections management body is scheduled to take off from tomorrow, August 20, 2024
