Politics of Monday, 6 January 2020Source: Starrfm.com.ghOpposition parties to protest over New Voters’ registerThese parties believe the EC's justification for the Voters roll is unacceptableOpposition’s political parties have vowed to stage a series of demonstrations against EC’s decision to compile a new voters register. The largest opposition Party NDC and other smaller parties under the umbrella, interparty resistance against new voters register say justification by the EC for new voters roll is unacceptable. But in a press statement, the opposition parties stated they will do whatever is within their power to resist the new voters’ register. Interestingly, the first item they capture was the compilation of a new biometric voters’ register. The parties argued that all the issues raised could be resolved by upgrading the current Biometric Voters Register, without discarding the biometric data of voters.

Source: GhanaWeb January 06, 2020 12:45 UTC