The biggest opposition party, the NDC is leading a coalition of like-minded opposition political parties to demonstrate through the streets of Kumasi Tuesday morning to mount enough pressure on the Electoral Commission to rescind its decision to compile a new voters’ register for the December general elections.
The disgruntled parties say there is no need for a new voters’ register, arguing that the electoral governing body is engaged in frivolous spending.
The Commission, however, insists the current register is not fit for purpose and its incoming register is enhanced with better security features.
Police in the Ashanti Region have said they will provide adequate security measures for today’s demonstration by the Inter-Party Resistance Against a New Voters’ Register (IPRNA).
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Agree routes for the demonstration:
From the Aboabo School Park through to Asawase Police Station to Asare Original Pay All Office, through to the Central Mosque then continue to Asanteman Senior High School. Then to the Kumasi Zoo Traffic Light through Pampaso to Wesley Methodist Roundabout to Pioneer Office, Melcom Traffic Light to Aseda House.
Bernard Mornah of the PNC, one of the opposition political parties against the compilation of the new electoral roll, has just told Luv News’ Erastus Asare Donkor that the EC must listen to the clarion call urging the Commission to back down on its intentions.
Political party bigwigs joint at least 5,000 demonstrators for the street march.
The 18 CSOs who are against the EC’s decision cut across the broad spectrum of civil society groups in Ghana.
Some 18 CSOs in Ghana have also kicked against the EC’s decision to compile a new electoral roll.
Political party bigwigs joint at least 5,000 demonstrators for the street march.
Many demonstrators, including some bigwigs of the NDC, say they support the party’s view that the compilation of a new voters’ register is a waste of state resources. Some of them even allege that the move by the EC is part of a sinister move to rig the December 7 elections.
The demonstrations have started at Aboabo, the starting point. A mammoth crowd of demonstrators (about 5,000), clad in red,have began the march to the Jubilee Park, all in Kumasi, where a protest leader will address the crowd.
Police have been deployed to ensure a peaceful, event-free demonstration.
Source:Myjoyonline