The opposition National Democratic Congress has file a suit seeking to stop the Electoral Commission from proceeding with its one day voter registration exercise scheduled for October 1, 2020.
According to the party, the EC has not complied with the law which compels it to publish the 21 day notice of the planned exercise in a gazette.
In the view of the NDC, the Electoral Commission is acting arbitrarily with its decision to conduct a second voter registration exercise.
“A declaration that the Electoral Commission has acted ultra vires in its attempt to reopen and/or conduct registration of voters scheduled for Thursday 1st October 2020 when the Electoral Commission has not caused to be published in the Gazette, twenty-one (21) days’ notice of this voters registration to the political parties and the general public;” the NDC averred in its statement of claim,” the party said in its statement of claim.
They have therefore prevailed upon the court to grant an injunction on the exercise until a proper gazette is done.
The EC announced its decision to reopen the voter registration exercise to allow for persons who could not register in the first exercise to get registered.
