The Peoples’ National Convention (PNC) has disassociated itself from the party’s General Secretary, Bernard Mornah’s decision to challenge the provisions of the Constitutional Instrument(C.I) 75 which makes biometric verification a prerequisite for voting.
According to Bernard Mornah, the “No Verification No Vote” provision breaches article 42 of the 1992 constitution.
His decision comes on the back of a call from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on the Electoral Commission (EC) to maintain and enforce the “no verification, no vote” provision.
Mr. Mornah believes the confusion created by the two laws can only be resolved in court.
His stance is however contrary to his own party’s position on the issue.
[contextly_sidebar id=”3yKuiNOYHXDEoNyFSzDUbh4182cJwdLh”]Speaking to Citi News, the PNC Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan said the party does not support the General Secretary’s decision.
“As far as the position of the party is concerned, we have not actually endorsed that kind of action but he is an individual within the party and even though he is the General Secretary, he can go to Supreme Court for any interpretation that might not be clear to him.”
“…PNC was part of a meeting of the IEA in Koforidua to discuss various proposals and reforms and among the things that we agreed on was ‘no verification, no vote’. In fact universally among all the parties and that was the position that we endorsed at the Koforidua conference,” he further explained.
He said the party will decide later on whether to maintain its position on the matter or not.
“Whatever decision was taken, you know we can’t stop him, let him go ahead and seek interpretation from the Supreme Court once they arrive at conclusion, we will be in a position to either change or maintain our position.”
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana