The Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) after a 2-day review workshop on the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, have agreed to review the time for closing polls from 5pm to 3pm.
This crucial decision was taken by the Committee made up of election stakeholders including the Electoral Commission and other major political parties in Ghana except the NDC who had absent themselves from the workshop.
Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensah said the 2020 polls achieved some very significant feats although there were some challenges.
“As a nation, as a Commission, and as stakeholders, it is important that we recognize the feats we achieved through the 2020 electoral process for the purpose of documenting best practices and experience and to ensure that the successful strategies adopted do not fall through the cracks of inordinate fault-finding and critique,” she said.
“Sadly, we are slow to recognize where we have put good processes and systems in place, much less document them. In a bid to improve upon our past performance, we rush to propose new recommendations when the old processes and structures are working very well,” Jean Mensa added.
According to Citinews, the commission at the meeting put forward four major proposals including the change in the close of polls-time from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and instituting an all-year-round system where citizens who turn 18, or persons who have not previously registered can register for a voters’ ID card; of which IPAC agreed and adopted.
There was also an agreement for some other proposals to be discussed further before a decision is taken.
GhanaFeed.com
