Abu Ramadan sues Electoral Commission over voters' register

A former Youth Organizer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan wants the Supreme Court to nulify the 2012 national voters' register and to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new one.

He has consequently sued the Electoral Commission and the Attorney General at the Supreme Court for three reliefs.

The Reliefs are that:

1. A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 45(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 (hereinafter, the “Constitution”) the mandate of the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile the register of voters implies a duty to compile, fair and transparent register.
2. A declaration that the 2012 Voters Register which contains the names of persons who have not established qualification to be registered is inconsistent with Article 42 and 45 (a) and therefore unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect.
3. An order setting aside the 2012 Voters Register and compelling the Electoral Commission to compile fresh Voters Register before any new public election or referendum is conducted in this country.

The EC recently held a forum to deliberate on complaints mainly by the New Patriotic Party that the old register was unfit for the 2016 election. The party has demanded the EC should compile a new register.

However, a committee of eminent persons set up by the EC to moderate the event have yet to submit a report.