The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission to halt the printing of ballot papers until all outstanding issues regarding the credibility of the voters' register are resolved.
Addressing the press in Ho, on October 10, National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia questioned the EC's decision to proceed with the printing of ballot papers using a register yet to be certified.
He indicated that the Electoral Commission at the last televised IPAC meeting admitted to some vulnerabilities with their system including the wrong transfer of voters which the Commission undertook to correct, a process yet to be completed. "When the Electoral Commission undertook to clean the register, exhibit it, for corrections to be made so we get a finalized register, we took it with a pinch of salt but we were dealing with public opinion and so we didn't want to create any impression that we were not giving them the opportunity to correct their mistakes." "The opportunity given to them to correct their mistakes, so we move forward with our democracy is now being abused," he added.
The NDC Chairman noted that the printing of ballot papers scheduled for Friday despite the pending concerns about the credibility of the register falls in line with the NDC's considered view that the EC is working to ensure that the outcome of the December 7, elections is skewed.