The (NDC) has reacted to the of Ghana's response to its demand for a forensic audit into the Provisional Voters Register for the pending December 7, 2024, general elections.
The (EC), during a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, September 12, 2024, while assuring the NDC that their concerns about the voter register would be resolved, said there was no need for a forensic audit of the register.
A Deputy Director of the EC, Samuel Tetteh, explained that it has the expertise to handle all the issues raised about the register, just as it has done in the past.
He added that the demonstration which has been announced by the NDC and is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2024, was not needed and would only heighten the tension in the country.
Reacting to this, the Director of Elections and IT at the NDC, Dr.
He indicated that the demonstration would come off, accusing the EC of trying to manipulate the data on the voter register.
He said that the commission, at a recent meeting, informed the NDC that the irregularities found in the voter register had been resolved and took the hard drive it (the EC) gave to the party to update the register on it, but to date, the drive has not been returned.
The NDC elections director added that the demands of his party, including a forensic audit of the register and it being exhibited for the second time, remain unchanged. "After our meeting last week with the EC about the unfit-for-purpose voters register, three (3) INTERCONNECTEDLY DEPENDENT/CONDITIONAL issues stood out: 1.
Submission of our findings for the forensic audit, and 3.
RE-EXHIBITION of the register after the forensic audit.
The 4th issue is the UNDENIABLE fact that we (NDC) left our hard drive with the EC, and requested that they provide us with their so-called updated register," Dr.
He also indicated that the refusal of the commission for a forensic audit of the register has eroded the trust and cooperation that was seen at the recent meeting.
He added that the EC has also admitted to the errors the NDC has pointed out and its updated register, which was showcased at the meeting, still had the errors. "Never mind that we started punching holes in their so-called updated register at the meeting when Dr.
Yaw Ofori Adjei, one of their IT Consultants, unsuccessfully tried to rely on it to answer a question.
The must understand that on the basis of their refusal to accept our request for a forensic audit and also by refusing to provide us with their so-called updated register, they have eliminated the trust and the spirit of cooperation that characterised last Friday's meeting. "The immutable truth is that the EC has always admitted to the errors we (NDC) point out!
We also insist that the headquarters remains a crime scene waiting to be exorcised only after the December 7, 2024, elections.
Fellow Ghanaians, no matter how the EC and their IT team try to manipulate the data, NDC's checks and balances shall secure our collective victory in the December polls...
We are ahead of the EC.
Why is the EC not returning our hard drive which has been in their custody for the past week after our encounter with them last Friday?
THE IMMUTABLE FACTS After our meeting last week with the EC about the unfit-for-purpose voters register, three (3) INTERCONNECTEDLY DEPENDENT/CONDITIONAL issues stood out: 1.
Submission of our findings for the forensic audit, and 3.
RE-EXHIBITION of the register after the forensic audit.
The 4th issue is the UNDENIABLE fact that we (NDC) left our hard drive with the EC, and requested that they provide us with their so-called updated register.
Never mind that we started punching holes in their so-called updated register at the meeting when Dr.
Yaw Ofori Adjei, one of their IT Consultants, unsuccessfully tried to rely on it to answer a question.
The must understand that on the basis of their refusal to accept our request for a forensic audit and also by refusing to provide us with their so-called updated register, they have eliminated trust and the spirit of cooperation that characterised last Friday's meeting.
The immutable truth is that the EC has always admitted to the errors we (NDC) point out!
Let's face it, even before we would share the fullest extent of the errors we have identified with them, they've started rationalising their criminal manipulation of the register.
It's a shame that the EC will adopt the ignominious strategy of the outgoing NPP government by justifying their present avoidable and deliberate errors with previous mistakes.
And it's also depressing to see a decaying state institution like the EC glorify their massive errors, some of which are deliberate.