The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has stated that the ruling party is in favor of an audit of the 2024 voters register, but insists that the process must adhere to legal guidelines.
His remarks follow a demonstration by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on September 17, titled ‘Enough is Enough,’ which protested against the Electoral Commission over discrepancies in the voter register for the upcoming general elections.
The NDC is calling for a forensic audit of both the voter register and the Electoral Commission’s IT systems.
In response, Kodua Frimpong emphasized during an Eyewitness News interview on September 19 that while concerns regarding the voter register are legitimate, the Electoral Commission (EC) has consistently followed legal procedures to address these matters, and this practice should continue as the elections approach.
“We are not against the EC correcting mistakes [in the voters register] if there are any but what we are saying is that the corrections are to be done through the voters register exhibition exercise and this is backed by law and the law states clearly what needs to be done.
“There will always be laws and the EC has always followed that law to have mistakes corrected,” he stated.
