The Dean of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School, Prof Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has said an audit of the voter register will be in the best interest of the Electoral Commission (EC).
Mr Abotsi has therefore urged the Commission to allow for the audit ahead of the 2024 election to clear allegations over the bloated register.
In a post on X, he stated that, the exercise would enhance credibility and demonstrate the EC’s commitment to transparency and fairness.
“The EC’s position on the request for an audit of the register is baffling & even troubling! For even if they deny the merit of the claims, audits by their nature confirm or refute allegations, and for a constitutional body whose mandate is rooted in perceptions of fairness and neutrality, it is in its own interest and that of Ghana that it dispels, not fight, allegations of a bloated register through an audit,” he wrote.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is insisting on an independent forensic audit ahead of the election over what they describe as discrepancies and irregularities detected in the register.
However, the EC has shot down the call, describing it as “misguided” and “premature”.
The EC has said the discrepancies the NDC has talked about and had a meeting with EC over it, were not “new” as the Commission itself had detected same issues and has taken steps to resolve them.
Source: adomonline.com
