The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it is attempting to insert the name of one of the NPP’s aspirants into the Assin North voters register ahead of the by-election.
On Sunday (4 June), the NDC alleged that the Electoral Commission and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have connived to transfer the vote of Charles Opoku, an NPP aspiring candidate whom they claim is not a registered voter in the Assin North constituency.
The NDC further alleges that the move will help Charles Opoku to contest for the NPP in the upcoming by-election in the constituency.
But in a statement, the EC insisted that they were false and should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
“For the records, the EC has not received any such request from the NPP to transfer the votes of any person. This allegation is false and a figment of the author’s imagination. As usual it is aimed at maligning the integrity of the Electoral Commission.
“Per the Constitution, simply hailing from a constituency entitles a person to contest an election in that constituency so long as the person is, a Ghanaian, twenty-one years and above, of sound mind and a registered voter,” the statement said.
Read the full statement below:
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