{"id":156322,"date":"2015-10-01T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156322"},"modified":"2015-10-01T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T14:45:35","slug":"ndc-softens-stance-on-new-voters-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=156322","title":{"rendered":"NDC softens stance on new voters&#8217; register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given indication it may reconsider its stance on the need for a new voter\u2019s register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;dkiAxkz8oyxs1F9siKeP7D4wRVkyHIv8&#8243;]The opposition New Patriotic Party has presented a petition to the Electoral Commission (EC) over a new electoral register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They claim the current voters\u2019 register is <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/18\/about-80000-togolese-are-in-ghanas-voters-register-bawumia\/\" target=\"_blank\">bloated<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and lacks credibility to be used for\u00a0\u00a0further elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia practically <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/06\/voters-register-most-credible-since-independence-ndc\/\" target=\"_blank\">rubbished<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0most of the claims cited by the opposition NPP as evidence that the current voters\u2019 register is bloated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, claims by the NPP that close to 80,000\u00a0Togolese nationals, minors are in the current register are are questionable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, National Chairman of the NDC Kofi Portuphy discouraged what he described as unnecessary fear and panic created by some quarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however added that the party may agree to the compilation of a new voters register if it is backed by a superior argument.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe may at the end of the day agree to have a new register but we will look at the circumstances, whether we have gone by the laws that govern the registration, exhibition of the register, voting, etc, you and I know that at a polling station when you are registering you have the opportunity to challenge all forms of illegalities including under aged, non Ghanaians, among others,\u201d Mr. Portuphy said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By : Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given indication it may reconsider its stance on the need for a new voter\u2019s register. 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