The Electoral Commission (EC) has refuted claims that it agreed to release a revised version of the 2024 voter register within a week following the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Tuesday, October 1.
In a statement dated October 8, and signed by the EC’s Deputy Chairperson for Operations, Samuel Tettey, the Commission dismissed assertions by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it had promised to provide the updated register after meeting with all political parties contesting the December 7 elections.
Following last Tuesday’s IPAC meeting, the NDC had announced that its Functional Executive Committee had accepted the EC’s commitment to deliver the corrected and updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voter Register for review within a week.
However, the EC clarified that its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, had instead stated that the revised register would be provided to political parties and uploaded online within two weeks or sooner.
“At no point did the Chairperson indicate that the register would be released within one week,” the statement stressed.
Below is EC’s full statement.
RE: REVISED PROVISIONAL VOTERS REGISTER TO BE RELEASED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has taken note of a statement by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the effect that the EC promised to make the revised Provisional Voters Register (PVR) available to the Political Parties within a week of the IPAC meeting as follows:
“The Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties, the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week.”
For the records, the Chairperson of the EC indicated during the televised IPAC meeting that the Commission would provide the Political Parties with the revised PVR and upload it online within two (2) weeks or earlier.
“Nowhere in her statement did the Chairperson indicate that the revised PVR would be made available within a week.”
Source: Adomonline