EC reiterates appeal to former President Mahama to bring NDC to the discussion table

The Electoral Commission has reiterated its appeal to former President Mahama to bring the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the discussion table to address discrepancies the party has raised with the provisional voters register.

Speaking to Newsfile on Saturday, 14th September, Deputy Chairman for Corporate Services of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Eric Asare Bossman, said that the Commission has so far addressed all discrepancies identified with the provisional voters register but will address any further discrepancies that the NDC would bring to the discussion table. Dr. Bossman therefore entreated the NDC to contact the EC any day of the week to meet with the Commission’s team, other political parties and stakeholders to resolve all issues.

Earlier in the week, the EC appealed to former President John Dramani Mahama to bring the NDC to the discussion table to help address the discrepancies in the provisional voters register that the party say they have identified. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 12th September 2024, Deputy Chairman, Operations, Mr. Samuel Tettey, appealed directly to the former President:

“The EC believes that the best way to ascertain the credibility and integrity of the 2024 Voters Register is at the discussion table, not on the streets. Taking to the streets will not ensure a credible register. It will only cause tensions and suspicions which are unwarranted. We call on the former President, His Excellency John Mahama, an eminent and respected statesman of the Republic, to encourage and bring his party to the table as that is the best place to address issues and ascertain the truth regarding the Voters Register.

…We are confident that the former President will heed our calls and do everything in his power to bring his party to the discussion table. On our part, we assure the NDC of a transparent process that would demonstrate to them that all their concerns have been resolved.”

The call on President Mahama to bring the NDC to the discussion table has become important as, according to the Commission, the NDC has not yet provided the EC with evidence of the discrepancies in the Provisional Voters Register that the NDC say they discovered during the Exhibition Exercise. According to the EC, despite promising to share the evidence with them following their meeting on Friday, 6th September 2024, several calls and requests to the NDC by the EC to obtain evidence of the discrepancies have yielded no results.