Political parties in the country are unsure what next is on the agenda at the Electoral Commission.
After a chaotic limited registration exercise which ended on August 11, political party representatives and members of the civil society say they are unaware the next step the electoral Commission has in mind.
And with less than five months to go for the December elections, they have become increasingly anxious.
Party members who converged on Joy Fm’s news night via interview say the EC should immediately convene an Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) to fill them in.
Bernard Monah General Secretary of the PNC says the rate at which the EC is going gives a course for worry. He has therefore called on the officials of the EC to work assiduously to meet the demands of the nation.
“the EC is far behind schedule, there should be time to study and clean the register. I therefore think they should do some overtime.”
While agreeing with Monah, Kossi Dede of the CPP says government cannot completely be absolved from the seemingly bad situation.
He says the EC has not been completely truthful to Ghanaians, and called on the Finance Minister Kojo Baah Wiredu to reveal at IPAC the amount of money budgeted and released to the EC.
Samuel Ofosu Ampofo Organiser of the NDC who had earlier on expressed worries over the delay by the EC could not hold himself from commenting on government’s role.
“I wonder if the EC is being truthful to Ghanaians. I even doubt if the 2,500 work stations they promised was provided. They keep saying they have no problem but I dare say they have problem with funding” he snapped.
But Dan Botwe a member of the Nana Akufo-Addo campaign team rebuffed those claims.
He said government has released all funds the EC needed at the time, for which reason the government cannot be blamed for any shortfalls in the registration exercise.
He made reference to the procurement challenges, which the EC had continuously cited as cause for the delays and shortfalls.
All representatives however called on the EC to expedite action to ensure a peaceful election in December.
