Mr Hassan Ayariga, the
founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), says President
Akufo-Addo cannot hold himself out as President of Ghana if the EC claims that the
voters’ register is not credible.
Mr Hassan Ayariga on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM said that
the President is bent on changing the current electoral roll because he’s
scared of losing his Presidency with the Voters’ Register.
“You’re aware that the voter register is credible because
they’ve used it number of time to make elections and in those elections, your
party has lost, you think that you gonna lose the 2020 elections so you’re
advocating for a new voter register, which you termed not credible. If the
voter register is not credible then definitely you’re not the President of
Ghana,” he argued.
He said the EC has not given a watertight proof that a new
voters’ register is crucial for this year’s elections insisting that the EC is
only seeking to dissipate tax payers money on wasteful ventures.
He said indeed if the new voter register is crucial enough,
the EC should have started the compilation of the electoral roll in 2019 ahead
of the election year.
His comment comes on the back of opposition parties planned
‘Yenpene’ demo against new voters’ register.
A coalition of six political parties says they are against
the plan by the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters’ register for the
2020 general elections.
The parties are the All People’s Congress (APC), National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Egle Party, United Progressive Party (UPP), United
Front Party (UFP), and People’s National Convention (PNC).
At a press conference in Accra on Monday, the coalition
calling itself Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters’ Register served
notice that it was going to embark on a series of public demonstrations to put
pressure on the Electoral Commission to rescind its decision.
