Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu says he stands by his claim that the government has allocated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Electoral Commission.
This follows the EC’s denial that it had received PPE from the government.
Mr. Iddrisu in a statement said he only reiterated the Director of Elections at the EC, Serebour Quaicoe’s claim.
The Minority Leader further challenged the Commission to disclose to Ghanaians the source of funds for the procurement of PPE if it insists government made no allocation.
The Tamale North MP also clarified that his attacks on the EC’s integrity are “issues of public knowledge and cannot be attributable to the Press Statement by the Minority Caucus in Parliament.”
The EC has been under fire over its attempts to discard its old voter management system and procure a new system which will among other things have a facial recognition ability.
The EC is also seeking to compile a new electoral roll.
The commission says it wants the electoral roll used on the election day to be more credible and efficient than the existing one which was used for the 2016 election.
It has thus moved to procure a new Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS) to better address verification challenges that could occur during elections.
The process to compile a new roll has currently been suspended because of the pandemic.
Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
