Member of Parliament for Manhyia, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to lay a Constitutional Instrument before Parliament detailing the modalities on how it intends to carry out the registration of Ghanaians abroad. The EC’s decision to register Ghanaians working in diplomatic missions and students on government scholarships, has been heavily criticised by the MP who insists the attempt is discriminatory. According to Dr Prempeh, that section of the PNDC law 284 which empowered the EC to take this decision had been repealed. “So the game in town is no longer, go and register Ghanaians working in diplomatic missions or Ghanaians working [with] international organizations. That has long [been] discarded,” he maintained. Speaking on Joy FM’s Election Headquarters Wednesday, Dr Opoku-Prempeh quoted part of the Representation of the People's Amendment Law (ROPAL) which said “the Electoral Commission shall by Constitutional Instrument make regulations to prescribe the modalities for implementation of this act.” By this, he explained, the EC is expected to inform Parliament that “yes, because of cost we can’t go everywhere, because of cost we might do only limited selective registration.” “...They should come to parliament and lay a Constitutional Instrument to tell us that,” the MP maintained, saying: “If they don’t…then they flout Article 296 [which states that] where in this constitution or any other law discretionary power is vested in any power or authority, that discretionary power is deemed to imply a duty to be fair and candid. “The exercise of that power shall not be arbitrary, capricious or biased either by resentment, prejudice or personal dislike.”