No illegal name added to the voter register for the Assin North by-election – EC

The Electoral Commission has refuted allegations made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the incumbent New Patriotic Party and the election management organization colluded to add the name of an ineligible NPP parliamentary candidate to the voter list in Assin North.

“The National Democratic Congress has become aware of a plot by the ruling New Patriotic Party, acting in cahoots with their collaborators in the Electoral Commission to transfer and insert the name of one Charles Opoku into the Voters Register of the Assin North constituency,” said Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC’s communications officer, in a statement on Sunday. To help the aforementioned Charles Opoku compete in the NPP Parliamentary primaries to choose a candidate for the next Assin election, this illegal action has been taken.

“Our unimpeachable sources have revealed that contrary to the clear requirement on the nomination form for the Assin North by-election, which demands that a candidate in the election must be a registered voter in Assin North, the said Charles Opoku is not a registered voter in the Assin North Constituency”.

“This is not true,” the EC responded.

For the record, the NPP has not made any such request to the EC to transfer any individual’s votes. This claim is untrue and the product of the author’s fantasy. It is intended to defame the Electoral Commission’s integrity, as usual, the election administration organization said in a statement.

Read the full statement from EC below:

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com