It is not too late to salvage this sad situation

Feb 07, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

The KN article published on Sunday 2nd February, 2020 titled ‘A maddening bloated Voter’s List’ is instructive and I believe a comment from the contesting political parties should be forthcoming.
The situation is worrisome and as one who has been close to general elections since the granting of Universal Adult Suffrage, more than six decades ago, it is unacceptable that a Final Voters’ List should represent a percentage of our population that renders the numbers a total absurdity.
The article ‘A maddening bloated Voter’s List should be read, re-read and digested.
For this and other reasons, I earlier urge that the Observers be represented at each and every Polling Place and not as happened before, seem to focus their attention in certain urban areas.
My attitude to Observers is generally known but their presence and involvement is now complete.
If this be the case, then my letter dated and published need to be taken seriously by GECOM and the contesting political parties.
As a concerned citizen, dipping your finger in the indelible ink provided by GECOM can literally be a cosmetic or if you prefer futile operation.
We have known in certain areas, where the finger is not even really dipped.
Next, what scientific analysis we have to show that the ink supplied is the same throughout the country on E-day.
Why House to House registration was suspended is a great tragedy but that’s another matter and water under the bridge.
These Elections are too important for the nation to use a list that is clearly imperfect.
It is not too late to salvage this sad situation.
As an aside, I note that the Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency met with a team from the Carter Centre and he assured them that the Government has made all financial resources to GECOM so that the latter can deliver credible elections.
However, I would have preferred for Mr. Harmon to remind the Carter Centre of the role they played in previous Elections and that he should have extracted from them an undertaking that their scrutiny would be fair and not encumbered by a philosophy, which characterized the Carter Centre of the late 80s and 90s.
I have publicly referred to this apparent philosophy and the Carter Centre operating out of Atlanta is aware of what I am talking about.

Hamilton Green

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