Names of NHIS registrants will not be deleted from electoral roll - EC

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May 19, 2016 5:46 PM

The Electoral Commission is said to have made this known at an Inter - Party Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, May 19.

The Electoral Commission has said the Supreme Court did not order it to delete from the electoral roll names of persons who registered with National Health Insurance cards as well as deceased persons and minors.

According to the EC, names of persons who registered with the NHIS cards will not be deleted.

The Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to clean the voters register in a case brought to it by the former People’s National Convention Youth Organiser, Abu Ramadan.

The court presided over by Chief Justice Georgina Wood ruled that the EC should delete the names of all dead people and persons who used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to register to vote. The court alsoordered for the deletion of names of minors on the register.

However, there has emerged some divided opinions on the Supreme Court judgement and its accompanying orders.

Some schools of thought believe the court did not cite NHIS card holders as being among those to be deleted. Others however think otherwise.

For Dr Wereko-Brobby, the various spins that have been attributed to the judgement is rather worrying and an indictment on the country's democracy.

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