A private legal practitioner and the Director of Legal Affairs for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to collaborate with all political parties for the benefit of the country.
He stressed the importance of the election management body positioning itself in a manner that fosters trust among political parties and the public as the December 7 general elections approach.
Nimako made these remarks during an appearance on TV3’s political analysis program, The Key Points, on Saturday, June 1.
He also voiced support for the EC’s proposal to designate the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for registration, expressing concern over the increasing number of applicants utilizing the guarantor system.
The EC successfully concluded the 2024 limited voter registration exercise, with provisional figures indicating approximately 747,000 registrants, surpassing the Commission’s target of 623,000, according to the Director of Electoral Service at the Commission, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, in a media interview on Thursday.
Dr. Quaicoe mentioned that the Commission is contemplating a mop-up exercise following the ongoing voter transfer and card replacement activities.
“We have to resource the National Identification Authority very well to they can roll out more people onboard and then capture a lot of people so that we will not rather require this guarantor system again and people should be encouraged to go and get the card.
“If there is a gradual toll on, 15 years you get a card, I think that bit by bit we will be facing out this kind of regime where people must get the guarantor system to be on the voter register.
“Let’s move on gradually and let the EC get the buy-in of all political parties…so the EC has to come down and work with al the political parties just in the interest of the country so that the at the end of the day they can do a good job.”