CPP SAYS NO TO NEW REGISTER

CPP National Chairman, Prof. Edmond Delle

By Ekow Mensah

All 10 regional organizers of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) have vehemently opposed the compilation of a new voters register.

At a meeting in Kumasi, the organizers declared that “Ghana does not need a new voters register for the 2016 general elections”.

In a statement signed by Comrade Emmanuel K. K Ogbodjor, National Organiser of the CPP, they said “As a country struggling to fix its numerous economic challenges, it will be a misplaced priority and inappropriate to channel large resources into compiling a new voters register”.

The statement however asked Government to spend such resources to create employment to improve the lives of the poor suffering masses.

It said it is unfortunate that at this crucial time when the masses are asking for viable solutions to their problems others are craving for a new voters’ register.

“For some of us, we do not support… the idea of a new register but rather accept the need for the Electoral Commission to audit and clean the existing register to eliminate names of minors and other errors” the statement said.

Editorial

Good effort

The worth of sponsoring a public discussion on the agitation for a new voters register must now be clear to all.

Over Thursday and Friday last week, stakeholders contested their ideas and haggled in the full view of Ghanaians.

At the end of it all, it became obvious that no one party or institution has all the answers to the problems that have bedeviled  the electoral process in the country.

When challenged, a number of presenters could not hold their grounds and the public could not help but notice the inconsistencies.

The Insight salutes the Electoral Commission for sponsoring this forum which has laid the real issues bare.

It is our contention that this process ought to lead to the strengthening of the independence of the Electoral Commission and the enhancing of the credibility of the electoral process.

This is most certainly a good effort.

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His guitar skills come naturally and he sings in a voice that tells the story of the masses; sometimes broken at other times sweet and melodious.

One of his personal best compositions is “Chase Them Away” which exposes the hypocrisy of the African political class and calls upon the poor to rebel against them.

He also does old school stuff with renditions of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff popular songs.

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He is joined by poets and Comedians who thrill patrons out of their boredom. Entrance is absolutely free at the Freedom Centre on the Kotoko Avenue of Kokomlemle in Accra, next door to THE Insight Newspaper