NPP primaries : “Poisoned fruit” voters IDs used instead of Party IDs

NPP primaries held on June 20th saw the use of the “Poisoned fruit” voter ID cards as the sole means of identification of delegates who cast their votes throughout the country to elect candidates for the parliamentary election.

READ: Results of the NPP parliamentary primaries so far- Check here

Being a party that has stood by the EC and has given its support for new voters register, one would have thought that, the New Patriotic Party would have given us additional and convincing reasons to believe that, the current voter ID cards are not good enough to be used in the December polls and the NPP primaries. 

READ: Fifty one NPP parliamentary candidates recommended to NEC

Since delegates who voted during the 20th June 2020 primaries have party cards or IDs, one would have expected the used any of these two to identify delegates that are known to the party.

However, because the NPP as a party probably believed in the accuracy of the current voters’ register and ID, they went ahead to use it as the best proof for participation in the election of candidates for parliamentary elections. 

If the poisons tree which produced the poisoned fruits was that bad and poisonous, why should the New Patriotic Party use it to elect its parliamentary candidates?

READ: Mrs Charlotte Osei sacked to pave way for new voters register – US intelligence

In a related matter, Johnnie Hughes, TBG a broadcast journalist with TV3 twittered saying  “Did you know that the ruling NPP used the outlawed voter ID cards (from the ‘faulty’ register), in the primaries that decided who represented the party in the December Polls?”

Is this an indication that the NPP has so much trust in the current voter ID card but for reasons best known to them, they are supporting the compilation of a new voters ID amid COVID-19? 

The NPP prior to the 2012 elections had called for new voters register but failed in that attempt but during the 2012 election petition, they attempted to prove that, there were none Ghanaians on the voters’ register. 

We wait for the Supreme court to rule on the NDC vs EC case on the EC’s decision to exclude its own previous ID card from being used for registration come June 30th. 

Source: Isaac Kwakye