A Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) has said that it is premature for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to request a forensic audit of the voter register.
Dr Bossman Asare revealed that all the concerns of the NDC against the register have been resolved.
He urged Ghanaians to look beyond the individual members of the commission and trust the EC as a body to deliver the elections.
His comment follows the concerns that have been raised against the appointment of some of the commission members who are believed to be sympathetic towards the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
For instance, a Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba accused President Akufo-Addo of appointing his stooges to the Commission.
Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Thursday, September 19, he said “In the first place the person who exercised that power to appoint, if he is mindful of the requirement that the exercise of the power shall be fair and candida you don’t go and bring your stooges to run a national institution
“Their appointment, is it fair and candid? If it is true that most of them are politically exposed is that a fair and candid way of doing it? Should they have even accepted that appointment? we are not serious and that is why we are suffering so much, people just enjoy the power without looking at the constraints hedging the power around.”
Asked whether the EC has lost trust in the eyes of the public while speaking on the Hot Issues with TV3’s Kemini Amanor on Sunday, September 29, Dr Bossman Asare said: “We don’t need you to trust us as individuals, trust us as an institution.”
Regarding the call by the National Democratic Congress for a forensic audit of the voter register, he indicated that the request was premature.
“As I speak to you I can say on authority that all the problems identified by the NDC have been resolved. [But] for you to be double sure that your concerns have been addressed, come to the discussion table and bring your issue. The reality is that it is premature for you to request a forensic audit.”