Assin North By-election: ‘Your Allegation Is False And A Figment’ – EC Replies NDC1 min read
The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission is attempting to insert the name of one of the NPP’s aspirants into the Assin North voters register ahead of the by-election.
The NDC had on Sunday revealed that the NPP aspirant Charles Opoku is not a registered voter in the Assin North Constituency, adding that the “illegal” move will help the aspirant contest.
Responding to the allegations in a statement, the EC insisted that they were false and should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
According to a statement by the EC, a person does not need to be a registered voter in a particular constituency to enable him or her to contest elections in that constituency.
“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,” parts of the document read.
Below is the full statement
