An Accra high court has ordered the Chairperson of the Electoral
Commission, Charlotte Osei, to produce the biometric voter registration
records of Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings.
The order, directed at the NDC and the EC as first and second
respondents respectively, among other things, wants the EC to answer
whether or not Dr. Zaneter - third defendant - is a registered voter.
The court has alsol ordered the EC to provide a copy of the voter
registration identification guarantee form and copies of the
registration team detailed on Form 2A.
Prior to the court action, rumours were rife that Dr. Zanetor, daughter
of former President Jerry John Rawlings - who is contesting the Klottey
Korle constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National
Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra Region - does not have her name
in the voter register which was compiled by the Electoral Commission
for the 2012 general election.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs - Joseph Botchway and two others - filed the
suit praying the court to compel the electoral body to furnish it with
the final voter register showing the name of the third defendant.
The lawyers from the Chambers of Sarfo and Marfo Law - also request
that the EC provides information on when her (Zanetor's) name was
entered on the National Biometric Voter Register; the name of the
registration officer; date of registration; the time at which the name
was entered on the roll as shown on the printout; the registration
centre name and code.
The 19-point questions also want the EC boss to specifically tell the
court the constituency in which the registration took place; the voter
Identity Card Number of Dr. Zanetor; biometric finger printout; the type
of identification document used in the registration process and whether
or not the defendant's name had been publicly exhibited on any
provisional voter register.
The plaintiffs are further prayed the court to compel the EC to make
available a copy of the said provisional voter register and to explain
if the registration was during the limited (registration) period in
2014.
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