Ghana's Electoral Commission registration data destroyed – CODEO

Mr Albert Kofi Arhin, a local election observer of Coalition of Domestic Election Observations (CODEO) has hinted that some of the registration data requested by the Supreme Court from the Electoral Commission does not exist because they have been destroyed.

 “…From the grapevine, I know, or I’ve been told, that some of the data have been destroyed and that could have even explained why the EC was dragging its feet for so long,” Mr Arhin emphasised.

 The Supreme court has ordered the EC up to June 29 to comply with the order and submit the names of people who registered with their national health insurance cards, as well as minors and the dead, to the panel of justices for scrutiny.

Mr Arhin said the latest development rendered preparations for the 2016 polls a “tall order”, a situation he said, “might disrupt the timetable”.

“I’m saying this because if they are to submit the list to the Supreme Court, it is then that they will be asked to go and delete, after deletion, they will have to re-register and after re-registration, there has to be an exhibition. And you see, this will all be adding to the already tight programme, and the fear we even have is that: ‘Are we even sure the data that they are looking for is there? Does the commission really have it?