The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) is later this week expected to announce the plan for the deletion of names of registered voters who used the national health insurance cards as proof of citizenship.
The Supreme Court last Tuesday directed the Commission to delete 56,000 of such names immediately, and to make it possible for the re-registration of the deleted persons where qualified.
The EC subsequently said in a statement, that it will this week, issue guidelines for the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order, and also for the exhibition of the 2016 provisional voters’ register scheduled for July 18, 2016.
Don’t delay in implementing Supreme Court order
[contextly_sidebar id=”2THtEy4AglksWw76VV4HVdsMaWVXJMdQ”]President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has urged the EC not to delay with the implementation of the Supreme Court order.
Speaking on Citi FM’s News analysis programme, The Big Issue, the IMANI boss said “when the Supreme Court said the names should be deleted forthwith, the presumption is that the same way you bring the 56,000 to me just go back and delete them, just auto delete.”
“After that you tell those affected that listen, I’ve been directed so I’ve deleted you. They are saying that this ID card you brought to register is wrong so bring me new one, finito! What is this whole thing about modalities? The presumption is that you managed to bring us within six days this list that means you have them. The only modalities I understand here is simple, you delete, publish the names and say Supreme Court says I should delete immediately so I’ve deleted you,” he added.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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