The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye says the party will strongly and fiercely oppose actions that seek to compromise the independence of the Electoral Commission (EC).

He condemned the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which on Tuesday, September 17, held simultaneous regional demonstrations across the country to back their demand for a 'forensic audit' of the recently compiled voters register.

According to to Nana Boakye, the call for the audit is baseless especially as the NDC has failed to back their allegations of irregularities with the necessary evidence.

The Electoral Commission has insisted that the alleged errors in the provisional voters register have been corrected since the register was exhibited in keeping with legal demands.

The NPP National Organiser however, welcomed the call for a re-exhibition of the register but said that no one should dictate to the EC or impose any independent body or private entity to audit the Commission's work.

Mr Boakye stressed that the EC should be allowed to carry out its duties diligently, and any attempt by individuals to undermine the Commission's work would not be accepted by the NPP.

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“That is the reason why we are saying that bring this evidence, submit it for all of us to scrutinise but if you say you are keeping it to your chest and you are expecting the Electoral Commission to deal with it - Electoral Commission too is saying we have done the right thing,” he said.

“For me, the New Patriotic Party will fiercely, we will strongly oppose and we will fight any attempt by anybody and anything that compromises the independence of the Electoral Commission,” he said when speaking on The Pulse on Tuesday, September 17.

Commenting on whether the NPP itself has concerns about the provisional voters register ahead of the December 7 general elections, Mr Boakye said that he has received complaints from NPP members and guided them on what to do.

“I have even received complaints from some of our members that when they went, their names were wrongly spelled and polling stations were changed. I said yes, that is the more reason why we have correction forms. Pick the correction forms, fill it, indicate where there are problems and the Electoral Commission will fix it. That is the essence of the exhibition,” he said.

He further added that the law anticipates such issues, which is why there is a correction mechanism in place to resolve them.