According to its Executive Director, Richard Ahiagbah, the Electoral Commission (EC) is mandated by law to compile a new elcletoral register when an old one is fraught with challenges.
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No new voters register, no elections - Danquah Institute
Political think tank, Danquah Institute has stated that compiling a new voters register for the 2020 general elections is non-negotiable.
Mr. Richard Ahiagbah
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According to him, election 2020 cannot come off per the constitution of Ghana if the new voters’ register is not compiled.
Speaking in an interview with Happy FM, Mr. Ahiagbah said “we need to compile a new voters’ register. The law gives no room for us to have an election without compiling the register. We need to compile a new register or engage in a limited voter registration exercise”.
He reiterated that, he could not dictate to the EC what they should do but the law requires them to compile the voters’ register. “Election 2020 can never come off without a limited voters’ register or new one. The EC can even be sued for preventing citizens from exercising the rights”.
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When concerns were raised on the COVID-19 pandemic, Richard Ahiagbah opined that it is possible for the voters registration exercise to go on whilst the Government still fought the virus. He noted that his statement was not made out of political ambitions.
“Whether there is COVID-19 or not, whether we will vote or not, we need to open up the voters’ register for people without their names to get registered. And that is the law”.
On his authority if it becomes impossible for citizens to get their names in the voters’ register then there would be no need for election 2020, because these individuals will be deprived of their right to vote.
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