The Electoral Commission has asked all political parties and other stakeholders in the general election to trust it to deliver a credible register and elections.
“We assure you and the good people of Ghana, we are working tirelessly to ensure that the 2024 Election is free, fair, credible and transparent,” the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, stated.
“As the body mandated by Article 45 (a) of the 1992 Constitution to compile the register of voters and to revise it at such periods as may be determined by law, we urge you to trust us to perform our functions as enshrined in the Constitution,” she averred and stressed that “we will not fail you and we will not disappoint you.”
Mrs Mensa was speaking at a special Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra yesterday to provide an update on the voters register for the December 7 general election.
The EC also used the meeting to speak to concerns raised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for a forensic audit of the electoral roll.
The main opposition party, NDC, staged a nationwide protest on September 17, this year, to demand an independent forensic audit of the country’s voters register.
The party said it had identified errors in the voters register going into the December 7 polls that required cleaning up.
IPAC meeting
The IPAC meeting was organised by the EC to engage registered political parties on the process for cleaning up the voters register ahead of the December 7 polls.