Vociferous politician and aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has expressed his intense opposition to the Electoral Commission’s new Constitutional Instrument (CI) seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole identification document for registering as a voter.
The new (CI) seeks to eliminate the guarantor system for all first-time registrants to the country’s electoral register.
The proposed CI has incurred the wrath of the opposition NDC who has directed their Members of Parliament to suspend all campaign activities in order to focus on ensuring that the CI does not see the light of day when brought to the house.
However, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) seeks to favor the CI on a number of grounds including protecting the integrity of Ghana’s voter register.
Despite his party’s position on the CI, the MP for Assin Central says he is vehemently opposed to the new CI adding that the decision to introduce that arrangement is bogus. He is of the opinion that it makes no sense that the Ghana Card would suddenly be raised above the Ghana Passport in determining the identity of citizens.
Speaking on Kumasi-based Sompa FM, Kennedy Agyapong said, ‘’I am against it. Ghana has people taking bogus decisions. We have a whole Ghana passport, but you (EC) claim that to register to vote you can’t use it to register as a voter. What makes me know that I am a Ghanaian? It is my passport”, he said.
His comments come as a surprise as members of the NPP side in Parliament had constantly supported the EC in its move for the Ghana Card to be used as the only source of identification for the voters register.
