The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rejoin the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).
This request comes in response to the NDC’s numerous concerns regarding the use of the new Constitutional Instrument (CI) by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
During a round table discussion organized by a coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Accra, Evans Nimako, the NPP’s Director of Elections, suggested that the best way to address the NDC’s concerns would be for the party to return to IPAC.
Nimako explained, “If you look at the current CI, the 91, it says that the EC must conduct continuous registration and it says also that there must be a modality committee, and that committee has been formed at IPAC. We expected NDC to be part, to be around so that we can all discuss issues that will take on board the interests of all stakeholders.”
He added, “And this they have reneged. And so we will rather continue to call on them to come back to IPAC for all parties to discuss.”
The NDC had boycotted IPAC meetings since 2020, citing concerns about the perceived neutrality and independence of the Electoral Commission.
