Regarding the impending Limited Voter Registration, the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has been sued by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other political parties in the Supreme Court (SC).
The exercise to be held at EC District Offices has been criticized by the parties, which include CPP, APC, LPG, and GCPP, as being illegal and unjust.
The parties believe that EC’s decision to limit voter registration centers to their district offices may prevent many eligible voters from being registered as voters and from exercising their right to vote in public elections.
According to a statement from Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC’s communication officer, “The parties have formally filed an Application for Interlocutory Injunction to prohibit the EC from proceeding with the announced limited voter registration exercise pending the ultimate determination of the substantive matter.”
“This is only the first of a series of actions that the parties intend to take to compel the EC to conduct the upcoming limited voter registration exercise at the electoral area level to give all eligible voters access to the process in accordance with the letter and spirit of Article 42 of the 1992 Constitution, Regulation 2(1)(2) of C.I. 91, and the EC’s own time-tested practices,” the speaker continued.
In an unexpected turn of events, the Supreme Court’s Registrar has told the Plaintiffs that the deadline for submitting an application for an interlocutory injunction will be Monday, per the Chief Justice of the Republic’s specific instructions.
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