Despite its opposition to the electoral body’s approach in the ongoing registration, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will closely monitor the ongoing limited registration exercise.
NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah announced that party members will monitor the exercise to prevent EC manipulation.
“We are ready, very ready but we care for the poor registrants who must cater for the costs and constraints of being registered to vote. We currently have our agents and officers in all 268 district offices of the Electoral Commission countrywide and we are keenly and actively monitoring the process.
“We will ensure that the manipulation of the EC and the NPP to rig the process are defeated and defeated soundly,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
EC wants to rig the 2024 election through voter suppression
The Electoral Commission’s restriction of district office registration is a plot to manipulate the 2024 general elections in favour of the New Patriotic Party, he alleged.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the party’s National Chairman, has vowed to reject any EC-NPP election rigging plot.
“This irresponsible and unconscionable decision of the commission confirms the NDC’s long held view that the Jean Mensah-led EC is determined to rig the 2024 elections through voter suppression. But she will fail because we are ready for them.
Aside from its potential to suppress registration and voting, the EC’s decision to restrict voter registration to its district offices can promote and facilitate gerrymandering as agents of political parties will find it difficult to challenge persons who may be bused from one constituency to another to register.”
He said, “We firmly believe the EC’s decision to restrict registration centres to their district offices will deprive many eligible Ghanaians of their right to be registered as voters and lead to voter suppression”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
