Electoral Commission officials in the Ashanti Region have initiated the process of removing approximately 580 names from the Manhyia South Voter Register after a court ruling.
The action follows a petition by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency, which identified irregularities in the voter register during the voter transfer exercise. The party sought legal clarification on the matter.
On Tuesday, the Kumasi Magistrate Court, presided over by Her Worship Deborah Gyaawa Donkor, ruled in favor of the NPP and instructed the Electoral Commission to return the affected voters to their original constituencies.
Speaking to Citi News, Alhaji Haruna Alhassan, NPP Manhyia South Constituency Secretary, emphasized that the party would closely monitor the situation to ensure the necessary actions are taken.
“It was during transfer that we the NPP in the Manhyia South constituency we became conscious about certain things relative to transfer of votes to the constituency. We became conscious because the transfers to the constituency were not normal to us but per the LI there is nothing we could have done…During the exhibition we followed up and found out that about five or six polling stations out of the 107 polling stations we have in Manhyia South there have been some abnormal transfers.”
“For example we had about 150 transfers to St Loius Training College of Education…So we sent the matter to court and we appeared before the court five times…So eventually yesterday the court ordered that 580 people who were transferred to Manhyia South during the transfer period should be sent back to where their votes were originally…We are going to follow up on that and make sure that the right thing is done,” he stated.
He called on other NPP stronghold constituencies to cross-check to detect possible anomalies and seek redress.
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