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| Amoako Baah |
Head of Political Science Department at the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the Electoral Commission (EC)
public forum on the voters register has turned out to be a ‘talk shop’.
According to him, an important issue such as a bloated
voters register which has been a subject of controversy is not decided by mere
talking, as is currently happening at the event.
The two-day event being moderated by five eminent
personalities is to collate different views about the country’s register whose
credibility is being questioned.
The entire participants-largely political parties and civil
society – who have so far made presentation on their position, admitted that
the current register has some anomalies that have to be addressed but the
procedure of solving the problems remains divided.
The opposition New Patriotic Party insists electoral album
is bloated and is calling for a new one ahead of the 2016 general elections;
however the governing National Democratic Congress wants the existing register
cleaned.
However speaking on Accra-based Neat FM, Dr. Amoako-Baah
stated that forum cannot determine the merit in NPP’s case presented to the EC.
“Mere talking like is being done cannot decide the NPP’s
case. You have to look at the evidence and scrutinize it thoroughly to
determine how credible it is; if there is merit, then certainly action must be
taken, but we are yet to do any such thing.”
The Electoral Commission is expected to make its presentation
today, Friday 30th Nov.
But Dr. Amoako-Baah said he would be shocked if the EC takes
a decision today as that will prove that the two day event was indeed “just a
talkshow”.
Source: adomonline.com
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