{"id":228861,"date":"2016-07-07T16:13:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=228861"},"modified":"2016-07-07T16:13:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:13:49","slug":"abu-ramadans-suit-was-not-in-ghanas-interest-ppp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/abu-ramadans-suit-was-not-in-ghanas-interest-ppp\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Ramadan’s suit was not in Ghana’s interest – PPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abu Ramadan\u2019s suit against the Electoral Commission (EC) challenging the credibility of the voter\u2019s register was not in the interest of Ghanaians, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has intimated.<\/p>\n

According to the party, the suit presented to the\u00a0Supreme Court and the subsequent order for the removal\u00a0of people who registered as voters using NHIS cards as proof of Ghanaian citizenship, was irrelevant as the reliefs granted will not make the voters\u2019 register credible.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”78HxZEOlcdxdTD2VJmiE9FlHsPdFf3YL”]Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, National Secretary of the PPP, Murtala Mohammed, intimated that the Abu Ramadan suit was more in the interest of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point is that, it has nothing to do with the judgment and the court. It has everything to do with the interests. Don\u2019t forget it is Abu Ramadan, Nimako versus the Electoral Commission, Attorney General cum NDC. Abu Ramadan, Nimako cum NPP versus Electoral Commission, Attorney General cum NDC.\u00a0It is the interest that we are trying to awake Ghanaians to. They are not in the interest of the state because what they are fighting for is not the solution,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Dealing with minors, non-Ghanaians and deceased\u00a0persons\u00a0more important<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Mr. Mohammed, the only way to truly ensure a clean register is to adopt the use of National Identification Cards as proof of Ghanaian citizenship for purposes of enrolling onto the voters’ register.<\/p>\n

In his view, this would root out the more pertinent issues having to do with minors, non-Ghanaians and deceased names on the register.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you fight for national insurance registrants on the register when we have minors on the register? We have deceased people on the register and we have non-citizens. I am telling you that the argument is that, these numbers are more than the National insurance [NHIS] registrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abu Ramadan\u2019s successful suit<\/strong><\/p>\n

The apex court ordered the EC\u00a0to expunge<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the current voters\u2019 register the\u00a0the 56,000<\/a><\/strong><\/span> persons it presented as having registered with the NHIS card as a proof of identity.<\/p>\n

The ruling followed a suit filed by Abu Ramadan, and Evans Nimako, who in 2014 won a lawsuit that barred the use of NHIS cards for registration of potential voters.<\/p>\n

The two, among other reliefs, wanted the current register declared inappropriate for the November polls.\u00a0The ruling was a clarification of the court\u2019s judgment on the voters’ register delivered on May 5<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, 2016.<\/p>\n

The ruling resulted in many different interpretations with the EC stating that, the court had not ordered an outright deletion.<\/p>\n

Thus, Abu Ramadan went back to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of the its earlier ruling on\u00a0the validity of the current register.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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