The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has refuted claims that the proposed abolition of the guarantor policy in Ghana’s electoral system will disenfranchise millions of Ghanaians.
EC Chairman Jean Mensa on Tuesday told Parliament the guarantor system, where individuals can guarantee the citizenship of a person so that they can obtain a voter ID card for electoral purposes will no longer exist when the new Constitutional Instrument (CI) is in place. have passed.
But the Minority Caucus disagreed. He said the proposed CI, which would abolish the guarantor system is a deliberate attempt by the electoral management body to disenfranchise millions of Ghanaians.
Reacting to the development on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (March 2), the EC vice-chairman in charge of corporate services, Dr Bossman Asare, said the surety system has been scrapped as a result of progress in the electoral process.
“In 2021, we have had discussions with stakeholders including political parties and civil society organizations,” Asare said. “One of the main decisions that came out is that with the progress that Ghana has made and especially with the registration of Ghanaians through the NIA system, it is now appropriate for Ghanaians, who want to register as voters to do it themselves. merit.”
“In other words, there is no need for someone to vouch for someone else,” he said.
Source: Asaseradio
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