Heavy Police Presence At EC HQ Ahead Of LMVCA Protest

There is heavy Police presence at the premises of the Electoral Commission in Accra following threats by pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) and their counterparts that they will defy the directive by the police not to picket at the premises.

The group is picketing to press home their demand of a new voters' register ahead of the 2016 elections.

It follows claims by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the current register is compromised and unfit for the upcoming elections.

The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction to restrain the LMVCA, the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) and the Movement for Change from picketing at the Electoral Commission over the register.

An Accra Circuit court issued the order Tuesday.

However, in a counter statement, the three pressure groups said: “The organisers of the unprecedented picketing at EC tomorrow [Wednesday], will like to assure the general public that the event is coming on as planned.

“We have met with the Police and they are ready to provide us with adequate security. And we have agreed on a route.

“We will converge from 6am to 8am at the Obra Spot on Wednesday, September 16 to begin our march to meet the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Charlotte Osei, to picket at the Commission and present our petition. Accompanied by drumming and dancing, our all white protest is to drum home the case for a new voters’ register for 2016.”

Starr News’ Kobby Gomez Mensah who has been to the EC premises reports that the protesters are yet to arrive at the grounds.