A member of the legal and communications team of the opposition National Democratic Congress Lawyer Edudzi Kudzo Tamakloe says, the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has taken over Public Relations duties for the Electoral Commission, EC.
He has called the situation shameful for the NPP to openly defend the Electoral Commission.
According to him, this does not bode well for the state institution as he contends the move could compromise the independence of the state institution.
“NPP now the official PR unit of the independent Electoral Commission. They can’t even hide the interference. Shame,” Edudzi posted on his Facebook timeline, September 22, 2022.
The post comes at a time the NDC is fighting the EC’s decision to make the Ghana Card, the sole document for continuous registration of eligible voters.
The NDC at a press conference this week accused the EC of colluding with the NPP to rig the next elections by manipulating the continuous registration process.
The party has asked the EC to withdraw a Constitutional Instrument, CI, currently before Parliament. They have also vowed to oppose the CI when it is laid before the House.
The EC’s latest response has been that, it will go ahead with all processes despite the NDC’s concerns.
The EC’s Director of Operations Dr. Serebour Quaicoe in an interview on Joy News explained their position.
“Everybody who has been following registrations in Ghana will realise that the tensions that crop up at the registration centres are related to who a Ghanaian is and who is faking.
“Basically, you’ll have the political parties, especially NPP and NDC at each other’s throats [about who a Ghanaian is]. We believe that if you have a Ghana Card, that issue will be addressed,” he stressed.
The NPP is on record to have stated its full support for the EC’s decision.
The NDC’s concerns, grounded in the failure of the National Identification Authority, NIA, to provide Ghana Cards for all Ghanaians has been dismissed by the NPP.
source: theGhanaianvoice.com
