Following a court order, Electoral Commission officials in the Ashanti Region have started the process of deleting approximately 580 names from the Manhyia South voter register.
This action is a result of the New Patriotic Party’s discovery of anomalies in the voter register during a transfer exercise, which led to a court action.
On Tuesday, the Kumasi Magistrate Court, presided over by Her Worship Deborah Gyaawa Donkor, issued a ruling directing the EC to return the affected voters to their original constituencies.
In a media interview, the NPP’s Manhyia South Constituency Secretary, Alhaji Haruna Alhassan, stated that they will monitor the situation and ensure that the court’s order is followed.
“It was during the transfer that we the NPP in the Manhyia South constituency became conscious about certain things relative to the transfer of votes to the constituency.
“We became conscious because the transfers to the constituency were not normal to us but per the LI there is nothing we could have done…During the exhibition, we followed up and found out that about five or six polling stations out of the 107 polling stations we have in Manhyia South there have been some abnormal transfers.”
“For example, we had about 150 transfers to St Loius Training College of Education…So we sent the matter to court and we appeared before the court five times…So eventually yesterday the court ordered that 580 people who were transferred to Manhyia South during the transfer period should be sent back to where their votes were originally…We are going to follow up on that and make sure that the right thing is done,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
