Parliament rejects EC’s Cl proposal for making the Ghana Card the only identification document to be used for voter registration.
The Electoral Commission’s controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI) proposed to require voters to present only their Ghana Cards as proof of identity throughout the voter registration process.
Several members of the NDC have criticised the proposed C.I., which would force the EC to use Ghana Card alone to register residents for the new voter ID cards, claiming it is part of a big conspiracy by the EC to rig the 2024 general elections.
In his presentation of the report of the committee of the whole on behalf of the speaker at today’s meeting, the first deputy speaker stated that the house should “inform the EC of this decision for favourable consideration ahead to final approval and presentation to the Parliament for passage.
“The special budget in its report recommended to parliament to hold a meeting with the EC and NIA in other to advance on the new Cl and for the two institutions to give assurance to the house with the concerns addressed during the briefing.
“… after deliberations and the responses by the Electoral Commission, the committee chaired by you came to this conclusion, the committee accordingly summit to the house its draft Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2023 and related matters for consideration and adoption. The committee further urges the House to officially communicate to the EC of this decision for favourable consideration before finalization and presentation to parliament for passage into law,” he added.
Source – Tru News Report
