A former General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has joined the call for a forensic audit of the voter’s register.
According to her, a thorough audit would ensure transparency, and once the results were clear, the losing side would have no grounds for dispute, ensuring a fair contest for all parties involved.
The opposition NDC has called for a forensic audit and a re-exhibition of the 2024 voter’s register, citing discrepancies, including illegal voter transfers.
However, the Electoral Commission has stated that it is open to holding another physical exhibition of the corrected Provisional Voter’s Register but finds it impractical due to the three to four weeks needed for printing and distribution, given the short time before the election.
The Commission has rather promised an online exhibition of the register.
Speaking on JoyNews AM Show, Nana Yaa Jantuah said, “I saw in the letter that they [EC] said no private person can come into their system. We are not saying a private person should come into their system. We want an expert to come into your system for all of us. Even Alan Kyerematen had a certain way that we should do it, that we all sit around the table. I remember the NDC too said the same thing. All political parties would be there.”
“We would all look at the register, we find an expert, I mean an independent expert to do it. At the end of the day, we take out all the nitty-gritty, all the rubbish, all the dirt, all the names that are not wanted, and everybody is satisfied that this is the register we are going with,” she said.
The former Public Relations and External Affairs Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission stated that all stakeholders were calling for a forensic audit.
She emphasised that the Electoral Commission exists to serve Ghanaians and political parties, not itself, and expressed surprise that some political parties remain silent on the issue.
“This register is about all of us. I don’t see why they [EC] do not want to do it. It’s as if the NDC wants an audit, and the NDC wants to create chaos. I am a bit surprised that the NPP is acting as if they are the PR for the EC, speaking out against the audit. They are saying there should not be any audit, and if there is, they would go to the Supreme Court. It is not their business. The EC themselves should come and tell us that they do not want an audit. The NPP started talking about not doing an audit even before the EC spoke,” she said.
