The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and leader of the Majority in the House Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says the opposition NDC is resisting the Electoral Commission’s call for a new voters’ register because they cannot win any elections with a new register.
“Just as they did in the case of the referendum, they are doing the same with the voters’ register. A register both parties acknowledge is bloated, now they are against a new one by the EC."
"They are doing this because they know they never ever win an election in this country with a new register. So can Ghanaians trust these people? We in the NPP should be careful with them,” the Suame MP said while delivering his address at the ongoing annual delegates conference of the NPP at the Trade Fair in Accra."
Meanwhile, the main opposition NDC has urged the ruling NPP to prepare its handing over notes as the nation enters election year in 2020.
According to the NDC, it is an act of brevity by the ruling party to hold a national delegates conference at Christmas when the majority of Ghanaians are suffering.
"We commend you on your act of brevity to organise a national delegates conference at Christmas when many Ghanaians are having a very dry Christmas, a wahala Christmas. Ghanaians are suffering, teachers are suffering, nurses are suffering and the Vice President is suffering."
“Our politics should be a contest of ideas and not to tear this country down. …No party in opposition should wish failure of a party in Government. Because when they succeed the people of Ghana are better for it and the country is the winner."
“If the free SHS succeeds it only helps the next NDC government to come and manage it well for the people of Ghana,” former NHIA boss Sylvester Mensah who spoke for the NDC said.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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BE THERE AND BE SINGING.....***barred word***
Aluta, say that again. Actually the National Identification Authority data should become the Master data, you link that to all other electronic systems to generate other data, so example for elections you can generate a register based on age and information in the NIA. When there are births and deaths, after the registry enters the data, it will automatically refreshed the NIA data and vice versa. The only ID card a Ghanaian should be the GH ID card. When voting you show the card, when stopped by police, for driver license with a hand held scanner, the police can confirm if your license is valid or not as they are linked. That is good use of technology and saving of resources
He has now let the cat out. So the new register is all about ensuring that the NDC doesn't win power. Which means the idea of the new register is that of the npp being forcing down the throat of the EC that is already compromised. Jean Mensah and Bossman were appointed for this very reason. The NDC should fight this idea with the last drop of their blood. They want to use the new register to disenfranchise most of the NDC members in their stronghold and rather help those of the npp in their strongholds. If this man has told you the reason for the new register you can't sit down and watch them implement this.
WE ARE VERY MUCH AWAKE OF YOUR DUBIOUS INTENTIONS FOR TRYING TO CREATE A NEW VOTERS' REGISTER. IF YOU SAY THE VOTERS' REGISTER IS BLOATEDDO ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU DON'T HAVE THE LATEST SOFT WARE SYSTEM AT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSIN TO TRANSFER NAMES OF THE CURRENT VOTERS UNTO IT? SO WHY HAS THE VICE PRESIDENT BEEN SHOUTING ALL THE TIME THAT WE ARE GONIG HI-TECH AND DIGITAL? IS THE EC STILL USING MANUAL REGISTERS EVEN IN THE 21ST CENTYRY.? I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.