The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensa has assured that the Electoral Commission (EC) will maintain a free, fair and transparent election come December.
“From the registration to the declaration, our processes are embedded with one key ingredient, and that is transparency, transparency, transparency. As such we will continue to operate in the spirit of transparency, fairness and integrity as embedded in our motto,” she stated.
Again, Madam Jean Mensa mentioned that all necessary measures to ensure the integrity of the electoral process are being put in place.
The EC, therefore wants all political parties and other stakeholders in the general election to trust it to deliver a credible register and elections.
“We assure you and the good people of Ghana, we are working tirelessly to ensure that the 2024 Election is free, fair, credible and transparent.”
“As the body mandated by Article 45 (a) of the 1992 Constitution to compile the register of voters and to revise it at such periods as may be determined by law, we urge you to trust us to perform our functions as enshrined in the Constitution.”
“We will not fail you and we will not disappoint you,” Madam Jean Mensa stressed.
The main opposition party, NDC, had demanded an independent forensic audit of the country’s voter register saying it had identified errors in the register going into the December 7 polls that required cleaning up.
Mrs Mensa said the commission has adopted the 2020 approach to clean the 2024 PVR and, therefore, had no doubt that it would deliver the same outcome, namely “a credible and robust Final Voters Register ahead of the 2024 elections”.
Touching on transparency, the EC Chair said in the spirit of transparency and accountability, the commission would in the coming days re-exhibit the PVR online.
“We have developed an online platform to allow voters to review their registration at no cost to voters,” she mentioned.
She added that the EC would also provide a period within which voters would be able to report discrepancies with their registration details in districts where they registered as voters and have them resolved.
The commission also pledged to provide all the political parties with copies of the revised PVR to give them the opportunity to review it and report any discrepancies they may find.
“We urge the political parties to see this as a national assignment and not a partisan assignment. Let us all put Ghana first and put our hands to the plough to collectively clean the PVR and to ensure that it is fit for the 2024 elections,” Mrs Mensa appealed.
