The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s call for a forensic audit of the voter’s register ahead of the 2024 election in December as hypocritical and mischievous.
During a news conference on Thursday, September 19, General Secretary for the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong stated that the proposal for an audit is unnecessary and a calculated attempt to incite tensions in the country.
According to him, the NDC is doing this because they’re aware that their defeat at the polls is imminent.
“Mr Mahama, why are you and the NDC not allowing the Electoral Commission to decide what to do but are embarking on a demonstration?
“In our view of the above, it is hypocritical for the NDC to be ordering the Electoral Commission to conduct an independent forensic audit of the provisional register,” he indicated.
The NPP General Secretary also challenged the NDC to show any alleged mistakes in the electoral register to the EC for scrutiny, assuming there are any.
For some time now, the NDC has asked that the EC perform a forensic audit of the voter register ahead of the 2024 elections.
The calls grew louder after the EC revealed that some of its district officers had illegally transferred votes without following the law, an error that the Commission says it has addressed and penalized the officers responsible.
However, they rejected the request for an independent audit, dismissing it as unnecessary.
The NDC then criticized the EC’s unwillingness to audit the register by filing petitions to Parliament and the EC, urging them to heed the request for a comprehensive register ahead of the elections.