The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is set to meet with the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) to have further deliberations on the proposed new voters’ register for the 2020 general elections.
The Electoral Commission (EC) requested over GHS400m for the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 general election.
The call for a new voters’ has generated a heated debate among the major political parties in Ghana. The ruling NPP supports the call while the leading opposition party, the NDC is totally against it.
In the midst of the controversy, the Eminent Advisory Committee of the EC has in a statement signed by the Chairman of the committee, Emile Short called for calm.
The statement noted that the EC held a meeting with members of the Eminent Advisory Committee of the EC on Wednesday January 15 2020 to outline the justification for the procurement of a new biometric Voter management system and the compilation of a new voter register ahead of the 2020 general elections.
According to the statement, the EC and its Eminent Advisory committee will meet members of IPAC to have further discussions on the EC’s call for a new register.
“Meanwhile the Eminent Advisory Committee calls for calm from all Political Parties and other stakeholders as they work in the national interest,” the statement said.
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