‘Is EC really in control?’ Movement for Change grills electoral body

The Movement for Change has raised eyebrows over the Electoral Commission’s (EC) handling of Ghana’s voter register.

During an interview on ABC IN THE MORNING on Friday, 13th September, 2024, Nana Yaw Sarpong, the Movement’s spokesperson, didn’t hold back, questioning the EC’s rejection of suggestions to conduct a forensic audit of the provisional voters’ register.

“If other stakeholders have had a suggestion to have a forensic audit that will help build trust in the register…and the EC is telling us those suggestions will not help…then what are they proposing to make the register whole?”

Sarpong pointed out the EC’s lack of solutions, accusing the Commission of dismissing genuine concerns without offering viable alternatives.

“If you are not coming out with prescriptions…and you are rubbishing the prescriptions made by others, then it means you are not being fair to Ghanaians,” he argued.

The lack of transparency and accountability in the EC’s approach seemed to be a big sticking point for the Movement for Change.

But Sarpong didn’t stop there, hitting the EC with the million-dollar question: “Is the EC really in charge of the database?” He hinted at a worrying possibility—that the EC might not even control the electoral data it’s responsible for.

“If they are not…how are they building capacity to control Ghana’s electoral database?” His statement clearly left more questions than answers.