Minister for Parliament Affairs and Majority Leader Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has denied the argument that the NPP is likely to lose the 2020 election without a new voters' register.
According to him, a statement he made in parliament has been taken out of context by the opposition NDC.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' program, he explained that the New Patriotic Party is more than capable of winning the 2020 general elections with or without a new voters' register.
A new voters' register he says will only enhance the electoral fortunes of the country as it has been recommended by the Electoral Commission.
He said the NDC should understand that as a sovereign country the Electoral Commission is independent and cannot be coerced by any political party to sing to their tune.
"What I want the opposition NDC to understand is that the NPP will win power hands down whether or not a new voters' register is compiled," he said.
Members of the Inter-Party Resistance against the New Voter Register (IPRAN) flooded the streets of Tamale Saturday morning to demonstrate against the compilation of a new voters' register for election 2020.
Listen to interview below
Founder and leader of the APC, Hassan Ayariga, Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu and the MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini took part in the demonstration dubbed ‘Tikusayi’.
The demonstration which was the first of many to be held across the country was led by NDC’s National Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and the National Chairman for the PNC, Bernard Mornah.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has stressed the need for the compilation of a new voters' register for the upcoming general election, adding that the exercise is not a waste of resources.
The EC in its quest to compile a new voters’ register said it is committed to judiciously spending the about GH¢400 million it was granted by Parliament.
But the opposition parties have stated they will do whatever is within their power to resist the new voters’ register.
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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OH MR KYEI DID YOU LISTEN TO YOUR SELF. THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID AND NOW YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM YOUR OWN WORDS. PLEASE SWALLOW THEM UP. ARE YOU NOT A MAN ENOUGH. YOU YOUR SELF WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ABOUT A NEW VOTER REGISTER. PLEASE MY POSITION IS EVEN IF A NEW REGISTER, LET US ALLOW THE NIA TO COMPLETE ITS WORK AND WE WILL HAVE A REGISTER FROM THEIR DATA. FOR THE EC COMPILING A NEW REGISTER, LAILAI. YET STILL 2020 WE GO SHOW NANA
Peace fm, you better show us the video of the so called demonstration; why, is it because they didn't get the numbers? Disgraced people