Suspended chairman of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko has made a shocking appearance at the Electoral
Commission hearing for a new voters’ register.
Information gathered by Adomonline.com indicates that the embattled chairman has appeared at the forum in his personal capacity.
Information gathered by Adomonline.com indicates that the embattled chairman has appeared at the forum in his personal capacity.
The NPP delegation to the event
includes former chairman, Peter Mac Manu, Martin Agyei Mensah Korsa and General
Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong.
There is also high security presence at the Alisa Hotel where the event is taking place with a metal detector being used to ensure paramount security.
There is also high security presence at the Alisa Hotel where the event is taking place with a metal detector being used to ensure paramount security.
The panel will conduct the public
hearings over the next two days.
Political parties and civil society groups which have sent proposals to the EC over the demand for a new register are expected to appear before the panel to justify their positions.
Others against the call for a new register would make their case why the current register must be maintained.
The Panel is made up of His Lordship Professor V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, Co-Chair of the Coalition for Domestic Election Observers, (CODEO), former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, former Professor of Law, and former Electoral Commissioner of Ghana; Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana and Chairman of the National Peace Council.
The rest are Dr. Grace Bediako, a former Government Statistician and former member of the National Development Planning Commission; Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist, Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Board of Directors, and President of the Internet Society of Ghana; and Maulvi Bin Salih, Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Mission of Ghana.
Political parties and civil society groups which have sent proposals to the EC over the demand for a new register are expected to appear before the panel to justify their positions.
Others against the call for a new register would make their case why the current register must be maintained.
The Panel is made up of His Lordship Professor V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, Co-Chair of the Coalition for Domestic Election Observers, (CODEO), former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, former Professor of Law, and former Electoral Commissioner of Ghana; Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana and Chairman of the National Peace Council.
The rest are Dr. Grace Bediako, a former Government Statistician and former member of the National Development Planning Commission; Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist, Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Board of Directors, and President of the Internet Society of Ghana; and Maulvi Bin Salih, Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Mission of Ghana.
Source: Adomonline.com
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