2024 Election: We’re Working Tirelessly To Ensure ‘Free, Fair, Credible And Transparent’ Election – EC Assures
The Electoral Commission has set the record straight on the National Democratic Congress’ incessant request for forensic audit of the voters’ register.
At an IPAC meeting on Tuesday, October 1, the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa clarified the issues.
She explained; “Ladies and Gentlemen, following a meeting, called at the instance of the NDC to discuss the discrepancies detected by the party, the NDC presented five categories of issues they had identified with the PVR. At the meeting, they presented a few samples of each category, following this, the Commission requested the full data from the NDC with the assurance that it
would investigate the data presented and provide a report of its findings to the NDC within a week.
“The Commission went on to assure the NDC that the issues they had presented to the Commission were the typical issues that usually arose from any Voter Registration exercise and which found expression in a PVR. The Commission explained at the meeting that the very essence of the Exhibition Exercise was to unearth discrepancies such as those detected by the NDC.
“That notwithstanding, we requested the data for the sole purpose of addressing each issue case by case in order to allay the fears of the NDC and put them at rest. Unfortunately we have not received the data and the debate as to the credibility or otherwise of the PVR has continued. It is for this reason that the Commission felt it necessary to hold this meeting of political parties in order to present the parties with an opportunity to present any discrepancies they may have detected with the PVR.”
She further stated that “it is important to emphasize that the register in question is a provisional one. As its name suggests, it is provisional. Webster dictionary defines provisional register as a draft. It is not the final register. – It is nowhere near perfect and it is nowhere near final”.
The Electoral Commission however assures Ghanaians they are “working tirelessly to ensure that the 2024 Election is free, fair, credible and transparent”.
“We are mindful of the importance of the Voters Register in an election. It is the bedrock of an election. Indeed, an accurate Voters Register is sine qua non to a fair, transparent and credible election. It is in our interest to produce a credible and robust final register and a transparent, fair and credible General Election. We did this in 2020 – we urge you to trust us to do it again”, Mrs. Jean Mensa emphasized.
Click to read full speech: Jean Mensa’s speech on voters’ register
Source: Ghmessenger.com
