The Electoral Commission (EC) is cautioning individuals and political parties who may have issues regarding the ongoing registration exercise to go through the appropriate channels to seek redress.
According to the Commission, when political parties take the law into their hands and decide to resolve issues pertaining to the registration, it only creates chaotic situations.
Recently, there was mayhem caused at a registration centre at Kasoa, in the Central Region which led to the destruction of some properties.
Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson had admitted she fired a gunshot at the registration centre to protect herself.
Prior to this incident, a student had died in Banda Ahenkro in the Bono Region as a result of a political party confrontation at a registration centre in Banda.
Speaking at the Let the Citizens Know press briefing, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa stressed that “no politician or no Ghanaian is supposed to go to the centres to resolve issues. We are not policemen for the registration, and there are laid down procedures to follow in the event that you have issues”.
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As part of the process for the compilation, there is the District Registration Review Committee that has been charged to deliberate on challenges related to the registration of voters’ in the district and also come up with resolutions.
Aside from the review committee, the Chairperson reiterated that there are also challenge forms available for persons to pick up in case of any uncertainties with a person’s eligibility to register.
“We can encourage Ghanaians, politicians to go through the systems that have been put down. The law recognizes that. Definitely in an exercise such as these, there will be these challenges and we have put in place mechanisms to ensure peaceful resolutions of these issues’, she added.
Source: ATLFNEWS
