We never promised to release provisional voters register in one week – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has refuted claims that it promised to release a revised version of the 2024 voter register within a week following the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Tuesday, October 1.

In a statement dated October 8 and signed by Samuel Tettey, the EC’s Deputy Chairperson in charge of Operations, the commission disagreed with the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which had claimed that the EC assured them the updated register would be available within a week after they meet with all political parties contesting in the December 7 elections.

According to the NDC, after the IPAC meeting, “the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties, the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week.”

However, the EC clarified on Tuesday that its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, actually stated that the commission “would provide the Political Parties with the revised Provisional Voters Register (PVR) and upload it online within two (2) weeks or earlier.” The EC emphasized that “nowhere in her statement did the Chairperson indicate that the revised PVR would be made available within a week.”

Below is EC’s full statement.

RE: REVISED PROVISIONAL VOTERS REGISTER TO BE RELEASED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has taken note of a statement by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the effect that the EC promised to make the revised Provisional Voters Register (PVR) available to the Political Parties within a week of the IPAC meeting as follows:

“the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties, the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week.”

For the records, the Chairperson of the EC indicated during the televised IPAC meeting that the Commission would provide the Political Parties with the revised PVR and upload it online within two (2) weeks or earlier.

“Nowhere in her statement did the Chairperson indicate that the revised PVR would be made available within a week.”

Source: Dailymailgh