General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asideu Nketia has spoken to the media shortly after the Supreme Court gave its ruling on the compilation of a new voters’ register for the December polls.
He expressed satisfaction at the ruling although the court did not grant most of the reliefs it was seeking.
He said “the court has just delivered the verdict which has granted our request for the inclusion of the existing voter card as breeder document for the compilation of the new voters’ register. We feel vindicated.”
The Supreme Court has disallowed the use of the old Voters’ ID card for the upcoming Voters’ registration exercise.
In a ruling Thursday morning, the Seven Member Supreme Court panel granted the relief three of the suit which talks about the use of the old voters’ ID card for the upcoming voters’ compilation exercise subject to the prevailing C.I 126.
However, the prevailing C.I 126 prevents the use of the existing voters’ card as proof of identity in the compilation of the new register.
The parties involved in the suit were sharply divided over the Court’s direction.
The Court upon dismissing some of the reliefs sought by the NDC and Mark Takyi-Banson directed the EC to go ahead with the voter registration exercise as scheduled.
The Court also said the registration should be conducted in line with the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations 2012, C.I. 91 as amended as the newly passed Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2020 C.I. 126.
