{"id":160771,"date":"2015-10-19T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=160771"},"modified":"2015-10-19T21:53:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:53:34","slug":"silence-does-not-mean-consent-asiedu-nketia-on-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/silence-does-not-mean-consent-asiedu-nketia-on-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence does not mean consent \u2013 Asiedu Nketia on register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated that the seeming silence by the party over the calls for a new voters\u2019 register does not affirm their support for proponents of that call.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing some party loyalists in the Eastern Region, Asiedu Nketia explained that leaders of the party are rather interested in\u00a0complying with procedures outlined by the Electoral Commission in finding a solution to the concerns raised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;vQXVWRaOAA5AfoAD4UaeDSiMQL4Rz9eQ&#8221;]\u201cWe are not silent because we do not have anything to say. What we are assured of is that, we are going to be exonerated for the empty barrel makes the most noise. In fact, we are least perturbed by the concerns being raised by the NPP and Let My Vote count,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe know that all parties will lay before the EC their arguments after which the way forward would\u00a0be chartered.\u00a0We respect democracy and that we do not want to comment to prejudice the outcome of the proposed IPAC meeting over this issue,\u201d Asiedu Nketia added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic party has questioned the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/18\/evidence-shows-voters-register-is-flawed-nana-addo\/\"><strong>credibility of the current voters&#8217;\u00a0register<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0describing it as bloated and lacks credibility to be used in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Electoral Commission subsequently called for proposals from the various political parties. Meanwhile the Chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei, has revealed that it has engaged the services of an international IT company to<span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/10\/01\/ec-hires-experts-to-investigate-bloated-register-claims\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>investigate<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>the allegations of a bloated register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chief scribe of the NDC who says he is confident the party&#8217;s position would\u00a0be exonerated, further urged the opposition NPP to avoid the media debates and rather make a well evidence-based presentation to the EC\u00a0 for the concerns to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe expect them to be bold and defend their assertions that there are about 76,000 Togolese nationals registered in Ghana\u2019s electoral roll.\u00a0They (NPP) should also convince us that their copies of the voter\u2019s register contain names of foreigners. They should be able to also convince us that the register contains 2 million more names than the country\u2019s voter population. We implore them to avoid discussions of their issues in the media&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pro-opposition group, Let My Vote Count Alliance, has also supported the calls by the NPP. It has met with former presidents J.J. Rawlings and J.A. Kufuor over the issue with both leaders\u00a0supporting calls for\u00a0a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/10\/15\/we-can-borrow-money-to-create-new-register-kufuor\/\"><strong>credible electoral register<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the next elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The General Secretary believes the comments would be much appreciated if both sides are duly engaged to present their respective arguments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe five key issues raised are baseless, so for those engaging them, I will rather say they should listen to both sides before coming out with their concerns,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Communications Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, has described the country\u2019s 2012 voters&#8217; register\u00a0as \u2018the best the country had ever had since it allowed for voters to be properly screened before being permitted to vote.<\/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 General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated that the seeming silence by the party over the calls for a new voters\u2019 register does not affirm their support for proponents of that call. 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