Keep My Vote Alive Alliance is a civil society group that seeks to champion and represent the views of the Ghanaian primary voter, minority political groups and other interested parties through ADVOCACY, CAMPAIGNS AND FACILITATION.<\/p>\n
The Core mission of the Keep My Vote Alive Alliance-KMVA is to fight for the restoration and preservation of the fundamental principles of our democratic credentials to promote good governance.<\/p>\n
It is a known fact that Ghana\u2019s democracy has come a long way since the 4th<\/sup> republic, and always thrives on inclusive participation, and collective consensus building. It is only in recent times, under the leadership of the current election management body that such cherished core principles seem to be under threat, hence, a reason it has, in recent days, been saddled by multiple controversies.<\/p>\n INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n Ladies and gentlemen of the press, we are once again humbled by your presence and continual interest in projecting matters that threatens the collapse of our long-standing democracy that our forefathers birthed through grand toil.<\/p>\n It is rather unfortunate that we are gathered here today to talk on an issue that was predicted a couple of months ago. Can we be so wrong to describe as \u2018self-inflicted\u2019 the unprecedented errors recorded across the country from the ongoing voter\u2019s exhibition exercise undertaken by the EC?<\/p>\n All the intellectual arguments were tabled on why it was not practicable for the EC to compile a new voters register in about six months to a major election.<\/p>\n Aside the value-for-money justification conducted by high profile CSOs like IMANI Africa, many of us thought the upsurge of the COVID 19 pandemic was enough a deterrence, but quite unfortunately, the Jean Mensa\/Asare Bossman\/Serebour -led EC remained adamant.<\/p>\n It was not surprising that the issue ended up in court after all the intellectual arguments, demonstrations, advocacies had been exhausted.<\/p>\n The EC switched to a last minute justification that the previous register was not credible, to hold a free and fair election, with its popular description of it as \u201ca fruit of a poisoned tree\u201d in a justification for a new register on its legal battle with the major opposition NDC.<\/p>\n Ghanaians were now highly anticipating the EC, who were given clearance to discard the poisoned tree, will now go ahead to plant a fresh tree that will produce good fruits by December 7.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the widespread occurrence of irregularities across many parts of the exhibition centers, with barely two months to the election, is presenting a gloomy situation, leaving majority of us wondering if there is a Ghana beyond December 7.<\/p>\n In fact, the awkward and consistent misdemeanor of the EC is making Ghanaians miss the impeccable leadership of Afari Gyan, whose credibility still resonates and travel beyond borders.<\/p>\n WHAT ARE THE GROWING CONCERNS?<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the commencement of the voter\u2019s exhibition exercise, there have been mass occurrence of anomalies across major centers. The issue gained more prominence when the presidential candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama and his running mate, halted their campaign activities and went back to Accra to address the nation over the development.<\/p>\n It is rather unfortunate that barely two months to the election, more energies are rather channeled to addressing issues of voter\u2019s register, whose credibility will have a bearing on the outcome and stability of the December 2020 elections.<\/p>\n What is alarming is that, the electoral commissioner who earned praise with her meet the press series, has rather opted to delegate his PR duty to Serebour when more questions are now beign asked on;<\/p>\n After refusing to give scientific and compelling reasons for the above identified anomalies, the EC, on Thursday, 24th<\/sup> September, 2020, convened an IPAC meeting to announce of its intention of re-opening the register, for one day, particularly for persons who were unable able to register to do so. The EC also announced the extension of the registration exercise by just two days upon complaints that surfaced on the limited duration for the exhibition.<\/p>\n What a wow! Very strange indeed, that the constitution has given so much luxury to the EC to register people at will without any recourse to a constitutional instrument to back it up?<\/p>\n Clearly, the Jean Mensah-led EC is abusing its constitutional amenities, as these antics are no different from a quack doctor who appears to have a drug that can cure all types of ailments including malaria, fever, Corona virus, diabetes, etc.<\/p>\n The failure of the EC of why these anomalies is fast giving credence to the conspiracies held by many that either;<\/p>\n IMPLICATIONS ON UPCOMING DECEMBER ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n I am sorry, but so far, the EC has not inspired enough confidence among Ghanaian voters that they are committed to holding a free, fair and transparent election come December 2020 election.<\/p>\n One of the key ingredients for every successful election is a credible and unquestionable electoral register, but it doesn\u2019t appear Ghana\u2019s electoral register has any of that left.<\/p>\n The earlier the electoral management body wakes from its slumber and initiate cogent measures to cure the several ills that have bedeviled our register the better for all of us.<\/p>\n We suggest that the EC should as a matter of urgency and priority.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ladies and gentlemen of the press, thank you for honoring our invitation to cover this press conference and it is our fervent hope that through this continuous collaboration, we shall build a strong, resilient and robust electoral systems that will go a long way to RESTORE consolidate our democratic credentials.<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026Signed\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n Convener (Keep My Vote Alive Alliance-KMVA)<\/p>\n Contact: 0546440530.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Co-conveners<\/strong><\/p>\n Communication Director (National)<\/p>\n Contact: 0245266325<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chief Editor (National)<\/p>\n Contact: 0244070318<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Operations Director (WR)<\/p>\n Contact: 0557832737<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Communication Dir. (WR)<\/p>\n Contact: 0546412869<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nothern Regional Convener<\/p>\n Contact: 0546348163<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Keep](\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KMVAL-300x157.jpg\")
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