EC’s Pilot Registration: New machines 'broke down' - George Loh

The Volta Regional Vice Chairman of the largest opposition NDC, George Loh has hinted that the compilation of the new voters' register scheduled for the last week in June by the Electoral Commission (EC) will hit a snag after its first day of piloting exercise.

He alleged that the new machines claimed to have been procured by the Commission developed some faults leading to the early ending of the exercise in the Volta Region and some parts of the country where the piloting was ongoing.

“Yesterday their [EC] machines failed them. In the Volta Region, after 2 pm they couldn't register anyone again,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.

“We [NDC] also picked signals in other regions of the same situation,” he added.

George Loh however maintained that his party will continue to condemn the registration “until the right thing is done.”

EC begins nationwide pilot exercise

In its bid to compile a new register of voters for this year’s general elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has begun a pilot registration exercise in selected constituencies across the country.

The pilot exercise, which started on Tuesday, 2 June 2020, is aimed at preparing for the 40-day registration exercise later this month.

Why he participated in EC's pilot voter registration

The former Member of Parliament for North Dayi on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr George Loh, has explained that he participated in the Electoral Commission's pilot voter registration exercise on Tuesday to be sure of how the exercise was ongoing.

There have been concerns that even though the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was opposed to the new register, it was preparing its members to get ready to register.

On social media, some have said Mr Loh's participation in the pilot exercise was a move which, was not in consonance with the position of the NDC.

But he said his participation in the exercise does not change the position of the NDC.