The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken its call on the Electoral Commission for the voters register to be replaced international.

Joy News is learning that the party is filing petitions and arranging direct meetings with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the presidents of both Togo and Nigeria on the matter.

The NPP is also reaching out to the British and French Prime Ministers as well as the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.

The party is also said to have alerted President Barrack Obama’s government in a determined bid to bring international pressure on government and the electoral commission to replace the voters' register before next year’s general elections.

Former National Chairman of the party, Peter Mac Manu told Joy News Kwakye Afreh Nuamah they are taking the issue seriously.

He said the concerns about the voters' register cannot be left to the EC alone because “we live in an interdependent world and lobbying is a political game so we cannot rely on the EC and say we have sent our petition to them so it should end there, no.

“We are lobbying other countries to assist our democracy to have a firm foundation on its voters’ register which is the anchor on which the elections is run”, he added.

The objective of this according to him is to put more pressure on government and the EC to put together a new register for the 2016 elections.

International Relations Expert, Vladmir Antwi Danso says the NPP’s intention to put pressure on government and the EC through other countries and presidents is the best approach to drum home its demand.

In his view, this strategy is a more acceptable and peaceful way of handling the issues instead of violence.

Citing Zimbabwe and Togo as some of the countries who did same, Dr Antwi Danso said there is absolutely nothing wrong with the NPP’s move.

“I believe it is one of the tools they can use to bring pressure on government for it to do what they want. It is a better choice that going to war”.

Dr Antwi Danso said although the move may be seen as a desperate one, “if that is what is going to keep Ghana peaceful, then it is not farfetched”.

The state could become recalcitrant but if the international community agrees with the concerns of the NPP, pressure will be brought to bear on the government and it will have no choice but to succumb, he said.

“I believe that a jaw-jaw will help in finding an amicable solution to the issue”.