A member of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, has called on the government to do everything possible to find the $20 million that the Electoral Commission (EC) requires to do the biometric voters verification exercise. He said biometric registration without verification could lead to election violence and everything must be done by the government to avoid that. He said biometric registration without verification was not tenable and countries like Nigeria, Kenya and Ivory Coast had one without verification and “we are all witnesses of the post-election violence during which hundreds of people lost their lives and large numbers were also displaced and they had to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.” Addressing members of the party at a constituency meeting at Akwei's house in Accra, Dr Tamakloe, who was also Ghana’s Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, in the NPP regime said Ghana had gone through elections but judging from the last elections, next year's elections would be very critical since it could make or break the country. Dr Tamakloe added that for peace to prevail before, during and after the elections, all registered voters should be verified after registration to ensure that people would not register and vote twice. He stated that it appeared the Electoral Commission was dragging its feet and was bent on going ahead with the biometric registration without the verification and if they did so then there would be no election. He called on the EC to make sure things were done properly since they had a whole year to ensure that the biometric registration and verification was done to ensure a peaceful election. Dr Tamakloe noted that government could raise the money for the EC to forestall any violence in the future, adding that “if they joke with it, there will be a big problem next year.” According to him, there are procedures for all ejections which include the period of registration of all eligible voters, the day of voting and the declaration of results and the EC is mandated to ensure that people register only once, vote once and the results are acceptable to everyone. He said if the EC failed to do the above and the results were not acceptable by all, it would create chaos and confusion in the country and government would have to look for money to prevent post-election violence. “All eyes will be focused on Ghana in December 2012 and we have to protect our enviable reputation as a country in Africa where democracy and the rule of law are adhered to,” he said.