The Volta Regional Vice Chairman of the largest opposition NDC, George Loh has hinted that the compilation of the new voters' register scheduled for the last week in June by the Electoral Commission (EC) will hit a snag after its first day of piloting exercise.
He alleged that the new machines claimed to have been procured by the Commission developed some faults leading to the early ending of the exercise in the Volta Region and some parts of the country where the piloting was ongoing.
“Yesterday their [EC] machines failed them. In the Volta Region, after 2 pm they couldn't register anyone again,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
“We [NDC] also picked signals in other regions of the same situation,” he added.
George Loh however maintained that his party will continue to condemn the registration “until the right thing is done.”
EC begins nationwide pilot exercise
In its bid to compile a new register of voters for this year’s general elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has begun a pilot registration exercise in selected constituencies across the country.
The pilot exercise, which started on Tuesday, 2 June 2020, is aimed at preparing for the 40-day registration exercise later this month.
Why he participated in EC's pilot voter registration
The former Member of Parliament for North Dayi on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr George Loh, has explained that he participated in the Electoral Commission's pilot voter registration exercise on Tuesday to be sure of how the exercise was ongoing.
There have been concerns that even though the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was opposed to the new register, it was preparing its members to get ready to register.
On social media, some have said Mr Loh's participation in the pilot exercise was a move which, was not in consonance with the position of the NDC.
But he said his participation in the exercise does not change the position of the NDC.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Mr, do you understand the word " PILOT "? and mind you, no machine for any electoral system on the planet of ours is perfect, which means fault-free. You continue to live in ***barred word*** paradise
GEORGE LORH IS JUST BEING PRAGMATIC ND SINCERE TO HIS PEOPLE. DURING THE NIA REGISTRATION NDC DECIDED TO BOYCOTT IT. IT CAME TO PASSED THAT ALL THE LEADERS FROM MAHAMA TO JJ AND THEIR MPs REGISTERED. THEY NEVER EXPLAINED TO THEIR SUPPORTERS WHY THEY DID THAT. SADLY. THEY WERE NOT SINCERE ENOUGH TO TELL ANYONE WHY THEY CHANGED THEIR POSITION. MANY OF THEIR SUPPORTER WERE LEFT IN CONFUSION. THOSE WHO FAILED TO USE THEIR MINDDD REALIZED LATER THAT THEY HAD BEEN FOOOOOOLED. IT CAN ALSO BE SAID OF GEORGE ALORH'S ACTION THAT HE WAS HYPOCRITE AND THAT NDC LEADERS SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. THEY TELL THE PEOPLE ONE THING AND THEY DO ANOTHER. ALORH WHO IS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY IN THE VOLTA REGION REGISTERED TO TELL HIS PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD GO AND REGISTERED. NOBODY SHOULD STAY HOME. I HOPE ABRONYE AND WUNTUMI WOULD NOT SPEND ALL THEIR TIME AT THE RADIO STATIONS BUT TO GO AND INSPIRE THEIR PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS ALORH IS DOING TO ENCOURAGE HIS PEOPLE IN THE VOLTA REGION. AS WE MUST WORK HARD TO STOP FOREIGNERS TO REGISTER, WE SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TRUE GHANAIANS TO GET REGISTERED. THE NOISEES OF BERNARD MONAH, SAMMY GYAMFI, SAMMY BROGYA, SAM P YALLEY, BOAKYE GYAN AND MANY OTHERS IN NDC ARE ALL INTENDED TO CREATE FEAR AND DISCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER AT THOSE PLACES. NDC WILL MAKE NOISEE AND THREATEN BUT THEY WILL REGISTER AND THEY WILL ACCEPT THE RESULT WHEN THEY LOSE. IT IS THE RULE OF THE GAME, YET THEY WILL FIRST PLAY TAKASHIE. THEY WILL BE IN A COMFORTABLE LEAD BEFORE THEY ADMIT DEFEAT. THAT IS THEIR NATURE.
Everywhere in the world new machines can break down so what is the big deal if the machines were faulty.