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SC verdict ambiguous; parties must seek clarification - Wereko Brobbey

 
 
The Supreme Court, last week, ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to clean the voters register in a case brought to it by the former People’s National Convention Youth Organiser, Abu Ramadan.
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A former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, has added his voice to concerns that the Electoral Commission will find it difficult implementing the Supreme court ruling on the voters register.

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According to him, the Supreme Court decision on the voters register is ambiguous and lacks precision.

The court presided over by Chief Justice Georgina Wood ruled that the EC should delete the names of all dead people and persons who used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to register to vote. The court also ordered for the deletion of names of minors on the register.

However, there has emerged some divided opinions on the Supreme Court judgement and its accompanying orders.

Some schools of thought believe the court did not cite NHIS card holders as being among those to be deleted. Others however think otherwise.

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For Dr Wereko-Brobby, the various spins that have been attributed to the judgement is rather worrying and an indictment on the country's democracy.

"I think it is ambiguous. Laypersons will read it one way, while lawyers will have a field day to argue about what it means," he told the Daily Graphic.

He added that if the judgement truly meant NHIS card holders should be deleted, then about 14 million cards would have to be sorted out at a rate of 100,000 cards per day for a period of five months.

"Delete is one form of cleaning but it is not exclusive that cleaning means delete. There are many ways to clean other than deleting."We need further and better particulars from the Supreme Court," he said.

Dr Wereko Brobbey further urged the parties in the case to file the necessary papers and seek further and better particulars from the Supreme Court.

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