Parliament Summons EC to Answer to Controversies Surrounding Voters’ Registration

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has directed officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief parliament on the mass registration exercise, two weeks after its completion.

This follows concerns raised by some legislators on the manner in which the registration is being conducted, as well as other controversies surrounding the exercise.

Some critics have said, the Commission has failed to to ensure the observance of Covid-19 safety protocols at registration centres in spite of earlier assurances made.

The Speaker however, told legislators today that, these questions and concerns will be accordingly answered by the EC after the ongoing exercise it completed

“I have directed that the EC should come and brief us and that if any honorable member has any issues, questions, queries, he or she is entitled,” Prof. Oquaye opined.

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The EC Tuesday began compiling a new voter register ahead of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Many have expressed fear that conducting a exercise of the sort  - which requires a large number of persons converging at a place- amid the covid-19 outbreak may lead to spikes covid-19 cases in Ghana.

The Ghana Medical Association for instance, have called on government to hold the EC accountable for further increases in the cases as a result of the registration exercise.