The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has reiterated that the decision to use the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for the registration of new voters will not change.
The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe explained that the move is to help address concerns related to minors and foreigners registering as voters.
He made the remarks while addressing a forum held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the political science department at the University of Ghana (UG) in Accra.
The Minority Caucus had demanded answers from the EC over the reasons why it was bent in using the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for the registration of voters.
Parliament had instructed the EC to amend
its proposed Constitutional Instrument (C. I) to add other identity documents apart from the Ghana Card as the sole identity document.
The Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, in an interview with journalists last week, revealed that both NPP and the NDC MPs will come together to kick against the proposed C. I if it is laid without the amendment proposed by Parliament.
The Minority wonders how the EC is going to usurp our legislative authority and have their C.I passed” adding that EC is “just setting a stage for a conflagration which is totally avoidable.”
“The Electoral Commission is independent, but being independent does not mean you shouldn’t also respect the authority and independence of other arms of government. So what you do in that situation is to avoid a stalemate,” he said.
The EC is expected to appear before the House once again over the matter to provide further details about the process of compiling a “new voters’ register” with the Ghana Card as the identification method.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
