YOUR INTERVENTION IS URGENTLY NEEDED ON THE NEW VOTERS’ REGISTER IMPASSES AMIDST COVID-19

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From:
A Ghanaian Citizen by birth,
House No. G9/4,
Odumase-Salosi,
Eastern region, Ghana.
9th June, 2020.

To:
Christian Council of Ghana,

YOUR INTERVENTION IS URGENTLY NEEDED ON THE NEW VOTERS’ REGISTER IMPASSES AMIDST COVID-19

Ghana is among the nations currently battling with Coronavirus pandemic.

We can all attest to the fact that, Ghana has had numerous of registration exercises put in place by the then Electoral Commission.

Who qualifies to be part of the registration exercise was spelt out in the 1992 Constitution in Article 42.

The most shocking revelation was that, this same register EC is trying hardly to change was used by the electoral commission for the assembly elections, the Yes or No referendum on the new regions, and AWW by-election which produces an MP.

All the above mentioned which has been described by the EC as successful was done using the same current register. What has changed?

If this current register was able to produced over 6,600 Assembly Members and over 33,000 Unit Committee Members recently, what then will happen to the register from now and December 7 that cannot elect Only One President and 275 Parliamentarians?

Majority of Ghanaians are against the compilation of new register because we are not in normal times.

Again, if it has been stated in the constitution that, the register should be review and you later finds fought in the register, it should follow an acceptable process where every Political parties and those who matters should give their concerns before you make any move to change. Jean Mensa is imposing the new register on us which is against our wish.

As Christian Council of Ghana, we all saw your numerous contributions to the development of Ghana in the past years, I want to plead with you to call Jean Mensa and the president to order because, the future is scaring if EC is still insisting to compile new register.

In governance and nation building, the CCG monitors the activities of political parties and professional bodies in the country and offers advice to them. In 2005 the council appealed to Ghanaians and professional bodies to put the country’s economy first and spend more time discussing issues of national interest concerning education, health and poverty.

In 2011 the council encouraged political party leaders and their followers to avoid the use of provocative language in their speeches.

I know you have the capacity to call Jean Mensa to order before it’s too late.

Thank you.

Signed
Moses Dometey
Tel: 024696945