{"id":215944,"date":"2016-05-21T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=215944"},"modified":"2016-05-21T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:23","slug":"court-ruling-on-voters-register-not-ambiguous-ayikoi-otoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/court-ruling-on-voters-register-not-ambiguous-ayikoi-otoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Court ruling on voters’ register not ambiguous – Ayikoi Otoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has said the Electoral Commissions\u2019 response to the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the voters\u2019 register is creating an unwarranted constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n
The EC explained in its official response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that they were not instructed to delete the names of those who registered ahead of the 2012 elections with the National Health Insurance card as a proof of identity.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Lz3nVODodf0EaztcSPfP6dw5ZslelaWt”]The apex court ruled\u00a0in a case brought before it by a former National Youth Organizer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan and one Evans Nimako, who were challenging the credibility of the voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n
According to the EC, per the ruling, such names can only be removed using the already existing processes used for expunging ineligible names.<\/p>\n