Go ahead with new voter roll compilation – SC to EC; both parties claim victory

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Electoral Commission should go ahead and compile a new register of voters.The seven-member panel of justices presided over by Chief Justice Anin Yeboah gave the ruling on Thursday, 25 June 2020.

However, the parties involved in the case, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the one hand, and the election management body, on the other, are both claiming victory as far as their positions on whether or not the old voter ID card should be used for the compilation is concerned.

Journalists in the court also say they were left confused by the Supreme Court ruling as far as the old voter ID card issue is concerned.

The lawyers of both parties, according to reporters, are seeking clarification from the justices in chambers.