The Electoral Commission (EC) has turned down the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) request for an external audit of the voter register.
This comes after the NDC raised concerns about discrepancies in the provisional voter register and called for an independent review.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, Samuel Tettey, the Deputy Chairman of the Commission in charge of Operations, stated that the EC does not need an external body to carry out its responsibilities.
He emphasized that the Commission is fully equipped to handle its mandate.
“We reiterate that it is the EC that is clothed with the responsibility and capacity to address discrepancies in the provisional voters register. The commission has been doing this since 1992,” he stated.
“It has the experience to do this and does not require any external organisation to do its work. We reiterate that the law makes provision for the self-auditing of the voters register through the voters registration exercise.”
“We entreat the NDC to trust in the EC to correct discrepancies in the Provisional Voters Register. This current leadership addressed this ahead of the 2020 Elections. It is relying on the same process to correct any discrepancies in the Register.
“The Commission would like to assure the General Public and all Stakeholders that all identified discrepancies with the Provisional Voters Register are being corrected. To date the Register is almost near perfect as most of the discrepancies have fully resolved.”
