{"id":161579,"date":"2015-10-22T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=161579"},"modified":"2015-10-22T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:24:56","slug":"new-voters-register-will-restore-confidence-in-ec-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/new-voters-register-will-restore-confidence-in-ec-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"New voters&#8217; register will restore confidence in EC \u2013 Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the most effective way the Electoral Commission can regain the confidence of Ghanaians will be through the compilation of a new voters\u2019 register ahead of the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghanaians are no longer interested in resorting to the courts to settle electoral disputes, but, rather, prefer a reformation of the country\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NPP flagbearer made this known in separate meetings in Washington DC, with the Centre for Global Development and the National Endowment for Democracy, all leading think tanks, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quoting from the CDD\u2019s Afrobarometer report in 2014 which reported that public trust in EC has gone down from 80%, before the 2012 elections, to 42% in 2014, Nana Akufo-Addo explained this shows\u00a0that public confidence in the EC is at an all-time low.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-in-canada-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161582 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-in-canada-1.jpg\" alt=\"nana addo in canada (1)\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-in-canada-1.jpg 602w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-in-canada-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-in-canada-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;g2DdXh1gl9BhIPtQmBBHCWM6vPRW18nj&#8221;]Additionally, the NPP flagbearer read from the damning report by the UNDP on Ghana\u2019s Electoral Commission (\u201cConduct of an Institutional Assessment and the Development a Strategic Plan for the Electoral Commission of Ghana\u201d),\u00a0 issued 2 months ago (16 August 2015) which stressed that: \u201cthe EC used to be the most trusted institution in the country; but not anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UNDP report, according to Nana Akufo-Addo, concludes by categorically stating that \u201csubstantial amount has been invested on the biometric registration and verification; however, there is still no reliable voter register.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t be blinded by flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kofi Annan, the NPP flagbearer indicated, had also, in the aftermath of the 2012 election petition, urged the EC \u201cnot to be blinded to the flaws in Ghana\u2019s electoral system,\u201d and that \u201call concerned need to work energetically to ensure that these flaws are addressed through the necessary institutional reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To this end, three of the five main political parties in Ghana, who accounted for nearly 50% of the presidential votes in 2012, have called for a new register and proposed measures to tackle the flaws encountered in compiling the 2012 register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re awaiting the response of the Electoral Commission to the mounting pressure, which seeks to address these critical problems.\u00a0We have presented comprehensive proposals on electoral reforms. A consensus has been built on many of them. But, the one issue that is threatening confidence in the 2016 race is the stubborn refusal of the ruling party to the compilation of a new, credible register,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Advise to EC Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nana Akufo-Addo, however, urged the new EC boss, Mrs Charlotte Osei, \u201cto know that she can call on such renowned organisations like The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to support Ghana resolve this matter early for the budgetary considerations to be also looked at, hand in hand, timeously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He continued, \u201cOther countries in the region, such as Tanzania, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Kenya, have all ditched their similarly young but defective registers for new, credible ones. Why can\u2019t Ghana do the same?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NPP flagbearer was convinced that the simple explanation why the NDC government and President Mahama want the flawed register of 2012 maintained for 2016 is because \u201cthe government believes a suspect register is the only way to guarantee victory. After all, if the administration of President John Mahama was to compete based on its record alone, its re-election would be almost unconceivable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Credit: NPP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the most effective way the Electoral Commission can regain the confidence of Ghanaians will be through the compilation of a new voters\u2019 register ahead of the 2016 elections. 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