EC says she will not mortgage independence of the Commission 

The Electoral Commission (EC) has insists that no political party or pressure group can stampede it into compiling a new voters’ register for this year’s general election.

According to the EC Chairperson, Mrs Charlotte Osei, the Commission remains independent and cannot be pushed into making decisions. 

The EC has explained that it will not compile a new voters’ register for this year’s elections following agitations spearheaded by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) that the current register in its present form contains names of foreigners and minors and therefore should be changed.

The Commission after engaging a five-member committee to look into the matter concluded that it was not convinced by the arguments put forward by the NPP for the register to be changed.

The NPP has described the EC’s stance as disappointing, while the LMVCA has threatened to go to court on the matter. 

Speaking to journalists on the issue on the sidelines of a Kofi Annan Foundations Electoral Integrity Initiative programme, Mrs Osei said an electoral management body should never be stampeded into taking a decision by a political party and that is why the constitution grants it independence.

SOURCE: Graphiconline