EC To Meet Parties Over Voter Exhibition

Dr Afari Gyan, EC Boss
The Electoral Commission (EC) will soon meet the leadership of the various political parties to find antidotes to problems that cropped up during the

voter register exhibition exercise.
Christian Owusu Perry, the Acting Public Affairs Director of EC, said his outfit would announce the date of the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) immediately the voter register exhibition exercise ends on Thursday.

The political parties have raised concerns about the ongoing voter register

exhibition exercise which has recorded very low patronage across the ten

regions of the country so far.
Mr Owusu Perry said the concerns raised by the political parties will not be swept under the carpet, stating that all issues bothering the political parties will be addressed at the IPAC meeting.

He said on Fox FM that the EC made adequate publicity about the voter register exhibition exercise, stressing that the EC should not be blamed for the minimal patronage that the exercise has seen.

According to him, prior to the commencement of the important national exercise, the EC issued a press release to the various media houses in the country to inform the public about the exercise.

Mr Owusu Perry noted that the EC also posted bills at vantage points throughout the country with the sole intention to draw people's attention to the exercise.

According to him, the various radio stations and television networks were

equally engaged by the EC to run adverts which explained the importance or the need for the public to visit the polling stations to check their names in the register.

Mr Owusu Perry stated that the EC also engaged street announcers who have been visiting communities to broadcast the national exercise in the various local dialects.

According to him, he was sure that people have heard about the ongoing

voter register exhibition exercise but have deliberately refused to patronise it so the EC should not be blamed.

Mr Owusu Perry also debunked the assertion that the timing of the voter exhibition exercise was wrong, saying that the exercise should take place now ahead of the district level elections slated for early next year.

The EC official admonished the populace to find time and check their names

in the voter register so that the EC can detect all the anomalies in the register and correct them on time.

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi