The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress has reiterated the party’s unwillingness to sign any peace pact if recommendations from the committee set up to investigate the 2020 electoral violence are not implemented.
The NDC has rejected appeals by the Peace Council to sign a Peace Pact ahead of the December elections.
National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, during a campaign rally in Agormanya, Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, emphasised that the NDC will not commit to peace until those responsible for past electoral violence are held accountable.
“Those leaders urging us to sign the peace pact must understand that every life matters. We cannot allow people to die in pursuit of power. The lives lost during the election must not be in vain. If such actions cannot be held accountable as crimes, we will not sign the peace pact.”
“We will not let wrongdoers walk free, using the peace pact as a scapegoat. We need to set an example to deter others. We will never sign a pact that allows impunity. We owe it to the victims and their families to seek justice.”
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Meanwhile, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that the current voter register cannot be used for the December 7 polls.
According to the Deputy Director of Elections and IT, Dr Rashid Tanko Computer, the voter register is fraught with mistakes and irregularities.
Dr. Rashid Tanko Computer argues that the register is not fit for the polls.
“There is more to it than what we are thinking. In fact, the register, as we speak now, is completely sick. It cannot be used for any purpose whatsoever, because you can have some consequences where you have the data completely quadrupled.
“There is no polling station that is going to have more than 700 [voters]. But you can have a polling station where you have a register reporting a transfer of more than 1,000 [voters]. It doesn’t make sense. There is something wrong with it [the voters’ register].”
The NDC on Tuesday, August 27, wrote to the EC demanding an emergency meeting to discuss what it said were discrepancies it found in the provisional register provided to political parties during the exhibition exercise.
