EC to comply with Supreme Court directive
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it will comply fully with the directive by the Supreme Court to delete the names of persons who used National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to register in 2012 as voters.
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The apex court, in clarifying its earlier judgment of May 5, 2016 on the matter, asked the Commission to immediately delete the names of such persons from the current voters register.
The court added that such persons should thereafter be given the opportunity to re-register after establishing that they are Ghanaian citizens who are 18 years and above and of sound mind to enable them to take part in the 2016 general election.
Complying with directives
In a statement, the Commission said it was taking appropriate steps to comply with the court’s directives and would make it public in the coming week.
“The announcement next week will also outline the modalities for the exhibition of the 2016 Provisional Voters Register, which is scheduled to start on July 18, 2016 in all polling/exhibition centres across the country,” it said.
The statement explained that the Commission welcomed the new development partly because it would help it and all stakeholders to ensure a clean and credible register ahead of the November elections.
It also admitted that the “Court was very clear in stating that its order supersedes the relevant provisions of the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2016 (C.I. 91).
“This essentially means the Commission is now empowered to delete such names, while ensuring that they are not disenfranchised,” the statement added.
