Engage Parliament on Ghana card for voter registration C.I – Bagbin to EC

“When they talk about the independence of arms, they mean, neither the executive nor the judiciary control either arm… That is what separation of powers is all about. We have to work together because we lead the government. We passed the law to create the Electoral Commission…I hope this is enough notice,” Alban Bagbin Friday morning.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has repetitively assured Ghanaians that it has no intention to use the Ghana Card as a source of identification for the 2024 general elections.

It said it would continue to issue the voters identification cards which would be used for the elections.

The draft constitutional instrument entitled: Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2021 has sparked controversy, especially the section that sought to make the Ghana Card the sole form of identification for eligible voters who wanted to get onto the national register.

However, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised issues with the C.I. stating that it has never been party to any consultation or meeting in whatsoever form that agreed to make the Ghana Card the sole identification document for the upcoming limited voter registration exercise.

The party has, therefore, served notice that it will use all legitimate means to oppose the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to use the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for voter registration.

Aside from the NDC, a former chair of the commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has also argued that any attempt by the EC to use the Ghana Card as the sole document for voter registration would lead to the disenfranchisement of millions of Ghanaians for which reason the C.I should be looked at again before Parliament gave approval