After days of uncertainty, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it will attend the Electoral Commission\u2019s forum on proposals for a new voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”58p9EumgpDg5TZAT0dYW6yD3gUkVASMY”]The party, which has been the lead advocate for a new voters\u2019 register, has raised concerns about the objectivity of some members of the\u00a0EC\u2019s panel<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>tasked to hold the\u00a0two-day public hearing.<\/p>\n A member of the NPP and former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere Darko, had said two members of the panel including\u00a0V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe<\/a>,<\/span><\/strong> had made public their position on calls for a new voters’ register hence the need for the parties to boycott the forum.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, after a crunch Steering Committee meeting on Tuesday, the NPP decided to attend the forum slated for tomorrow [Thursday].<\/p>\n According to the NPP\u2019s Director of Elections, Martin Agyei Mensah Korsah \u201cwhat we did was to raise concerns that we had about the composition of the panel and at no point in time did the NPP say we won\u2019t attend the forum”.<\/p>\n He said although \u201cthe Commission has officially been notified,\u00a0they\u00a0have not received any response from them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhether the response comes before or not, we will go. And I think nothing stops us from registering what concerns that we have at the forum. But the case that we\u2019ve put forward\u00a0still stands\u201d he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n