NDC parliamentary aspirant questions credibility of party's biometric registration

An aspirant to the Sekyere Afram Plains NDC parliamentary primaries who was disqualified for quoting the voter ID numbers of his branch endorsements says the vetting committee’s position is unconstitutional.

Gumanga Kwesi Emmanuel posits that the reason for his disqualification discredits the credibility of the NDC’s current biometric registration.

He was disqualified for quoting the National voter ID card numbers of branch executives who endorsed his forms.

The committee said he should have provided the old party card numbers of the 85 branch executives instead of their voter ID card numbers.

But Gumanga says the committee got it wrong. He explains the NDC Biometric ID card was based on the national voter biometric system.

“Even now, the interim receipts given all NDC party members when you register quotes your voter ID number. So how can quoting the voter ID card numbers of my branch endorsements disqualify me, when these are party people who can be verified on the ground,” he said.

“In any case, there’s nowhere in the party’s guidelines where somebody could be disqualified based on provision of new or old biometric numbers.”

Gumanga has since petitioned the party hierarchy.
He wants what he calls the cycle where other party loyalists are sidelined in contesting positions to be broken.