Political analyst Alex Emmanuel Nti says the request by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Electoral Commission for a forensic audit of the register is justified because there is enough evidence to prove that there are errors on the voters’ register.
He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) made similar concerns by alleging that there were the names of Togolese on the register.
He, however, noted that these allegations turned out to be misleading and did not represent the facts at the time.
He indicated that the concerns raised by the NDC are true.
He said that during the limited registration exercise, the EC made several mistakes in their calculations of the number of persons who had registered.
The analyst said that if you have followed the EC carefully, you will realise that the electoral body had admitted to some errors pointed out by the NDC. A practical example is the Pusiga incident, where an electoral officer illegally transferred votes of registered voters. It is not surprising that we have the NDC raising similar concerns like the NPP did in 2016, but the dynamics are different and the concerns raised by the NPP then were misleading. However, the NDC has raised genuine concerns, and the EC has admitted to those errors.”
Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, he stated that the EC must accept responsibility and have the issues raised addressed.
“If the NDC has raised concerns personally, I don’t want to compare them to those of the NPP’s, because the NDC has raised genuine and authentic concerns that must be immediately addressed.”
Mr. Alex Emmanuel Nti went on to state that the NPP’s opposition to the issues raised by the NDC is unfortunate and a misplaced agenda.
He maintained that the forensic audit will help address all the concerns raised, clean the register and clear it of all unqualified persons, and retransfer all those who were illegally transferred.
“There is enough evidence to show that there are errors on the register, and it must be corrected. It is only a forensic audit that helps clean it. So these things are the reality on the ground for which we need not to do politics with it so that we have our peace of mind as a country and enjoy the peace we want. So I think Jean and her people should do what is right because they’ve gotten it wrong; their calculations are wrong. All their methods are wrong, and I don’t think we need to entertain this.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
