The Electoral Fee (EC) claims there are minors and foreigners among the the 16.9 million persons it has so much registered to vote on December 7.
This comes times just after the Fee patted itself on the back for the prosperous completion of the voters’ registration training.
Past 7 days, the EC all through its weekly update certain it is on study course to supply a credible election with a sign-up comprising only Ghanaians.
But addressing the media, Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa who produced the revelation explained, steps are in place to clean up up the register right before the December polls.
“We are knowledgeable that a amount of minors have observed their way onto the register and we are assured that the challenge system initiated at all districts during the state will enable deal with this illegality and rid the register of those people who do not deserve to be there,” she explained.
The compilation of a new voters’ register, which was fulfilled with rigid opposition from many civil society corporations and stakeholders was characterised by a handful of violence by supporters of the two main parties in the region.
Among the other allegations, customers of these political functions experienced accused just about every other of aiding minors and foreigners to partake in the exercising.
From gunshots at many registration centres to actual physical assaults, the workout experienced resulted in the demise of two men and women, plenty of accidents and arrests.
Irrespective of these incidents, the Electoral Fee carries on to tout the in general achievements of the physical exercise which was at last wrapped up with a two-working day mop-up exercising on Saturday, August 8, and Sunday, August 9, 2020.
Speaking during today’s ‘Let the Citizens Know’ forum, Mrs Mensa expressed optimism that the sign-up which would be used in the December polls will reflect only Ghanaians.
