The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Kenneth Attafuah, are expected to appear before Parliament on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, to brief the House on the commission’s proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI).
Due to Madam Mensa’s absence from the House, the Minority in Parliament objected to the briefing by EC officials last Thursday.
The EC’s CI is attempting to use the Ghana Card as the primary document for voter registration in the upcoming general elections.
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, announced that the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, will appear before the legislators today.
He said the EC officials had established contact with the Chairperson, who had agreed to come down to have the meeting, she delayed because the Minority MPs were picking up their parliamentary forms. So today Tuesday, she will appear, and will continue with the committee of the whole meeting.
Parliament has denied reports that a Constitutional Instrument seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole document registration document for elections has been passed.
A statement by the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament explained that the House only held pre-presentation discussions on the CI, to collect input from relevant sources for the drafting of the Constitutional Instrument (CI).
The EC’s CI is attempting to use the Ghana Card as the primary document for voter registration in the upcoming general elections.
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