NDC demands for multi-stakeholder and interparty examination of EC’s IT system
According to the NDC, this is crucial in averting exploitation of the system by criminals compromise the integrity of the 7 December elections
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for multi-stakeholder and interparty examination of the IT system of the Electoral Commission (EC) following Tuesday’s Special Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting.
Statement issued by the NDC on Tuesday (2 October), said this crucial in averting exploitation of the system by criminals and compromise the integrity of the 7 December elections.
”With this background, the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties, the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week.
”FEC further welcomes the decision by the Electoral Commission to re-exhibit the updated Provisional Voters’ Register. We however recommend that the re-exhibition exercise should be conducted online and offline at the exhibition centres.”
”Additionally, the NDC demands a multi-stakeholder and inter-party examination of the IT system of the Electoral Commission with the aim of addressing the vulnerabilities that the EC itself has admitted to, which vulnerabilities led to several of the anomalies we have raised. Clearly, the vulnerabilities in the IT system of the Electoral Commission can be exploited by criminals to compromise the integrity of the December 07, 2024 elections if not addressed,” the NDC statement said.
Below is the full statement:
NDC POSITION ON MATTERS ARISING FROM IPAC, RELATIVE TO THE 2024 PROVISIONAL VOTERS’ REGISTER.
Following the Special Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) Meeting held today, Tuesday, 1st October 2024, to deliberate on the 2024 Provisional Voters Register, the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress deems it fit to restate the following significant admissions by the Electoral Commission of Ghana:
* Illegal transfer of voters due to the lack of a liveliness test technology, as occurred in Pusiga and other Constituencies,
* Erroneous addition of previous transfers to the current 2024 transfer list?
* Presence of corrupted files in the 2024 Provisional Voters’ Register, which the Commission claims have been rectified and restored,
* Deleted voters who the Commission wishes to place on a Missing Voters register, and
* A vulnerable EC IT system that is susceptible to data manipulation and infiltration from officials and non-officials of the Electoral Commission who have access to login credentials.
With this background, the Functional Executive Committee of the NDC has deliberated and decided to accept the EC’s promise to release to political parties, the corrected/updated version of the 2024 Provisional Voters Register for scrutiny within one week.
FEC further welcomes the decision by the Electoral Commission to re-exhibit the updated Provisional Voters’ Register. We however recommend that the re-exhibition exercise should be conducted online and offline at the exhibition centres.
Additionally, the NDC demands a multi-stakeholder and interparty examination of the IT system of the Electoral Commission with the aim of addressing the vulnerabilities that the EC itself has admitted to, which vulnerabilities led to several of the anomalies we have raised. Clearly, the vulnerabilities in the IT system of the Electoral Commission can be exploited by criminals to compromise the integrity of the December 07, 2024 elections if not addressed.
SIGNED.
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey
GENERAL SECRETARY
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