Africa-Press – Ghana. The Electoral Commission (EC) has said all political party agents at the various registration centres receive start- and end-of-day updates from the Commission in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
The Commission said this level of transparency has been crucial in maintaining the integrity of the process and the trust of the stakeholders.
Moreover, the Commission asserted that political party agents, election observer groups, the media and accredited persons are allowed to visit the registration centres to observe the ongoing exercise.
Addressing a news conference dubbed ‘Let The Citizen Know’ in Accra on Tuesday, May 21, the Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Operations, Samuel Tetteh, stated, among other things, that “the ongoing limited voter registration exercise allows agents of political parties to be present at all registration centres.”
“Accredited observer groups and media personnel also have access to all registration centres across the country.
“Additionally, political parties receive both start-of-day and end-of-day reports which the party agents cross-check against their personal records to ensure that at the end of each day the total registered voters published by the electoral commission is not different from what the political parties collate at all the registration centres.”
Also, Mr Tetteh dismissed allegations of secret registration against the Commission by independent group Election Watch Ghana.
Convenor of Election Watch Ghana, Mark Ewusi, alleged during a news conference on May 20 that the EC is using the missing BVRs to engage in a secret registration of applicants.
He said the group was convinced that “…the EC’s mistake on Day two was not accidental but rather figures coming from the stolen BVRs.”
But the Commission said that such allegations are baseless and without merit, urging the public to disregard them.
“The Commission urges the public to disregard these baseless and unfounded allegations as they are without merit…the Commission has never reported that Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits have been stolen.”
He added, “The Commission reported to the security agencies that five laptops were missing…describing the five missing laptops as BVRs is a deliberate attempt by certain groups to deceive the public.”
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