Let’s build consensus on 2020 electoral process — COMOG

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) has called for dialogue among all political parties and the Electoral Commission (EC) for a consensus to ensure a credible process towards election 2020 and beyond.

That, it said, would ensure that the 2020 election would be peaceful, free and fair as well as be in the best interest of Ghanaians and the international community.

A statement issued in Accra and signed by the Chairman, of the COMOG Media, PR and Research Committee, Mr Mawuli Mustapha Braimah, said peaceful and successful elections would also make Ghana remain a beacon of democracy on the African continent.

Impasse

It said COMOG considered it important to add its voice to the current impasse between the EC and other stakeholders.

“Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections are six months away but the political environment in the country is filled with tension with the main stakeholders divided on the process to compile a new biometric voter register,” it noted.

It said in past months, COMOG had witnessed heightened tension and actions by other non-political interest groups voicing their concerns on the stand-off among the EC, National Identification Authority (NIA), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Inter-Party Coalition Against New Voter's Register (IPRAN).

The statement said COMOG had also taken cognisance of two former Presidents, Messrs J. J. Rawlings and J. A. Kuffour, legal experts, political scientists and civil social organisations adding their voices to the call for adequate dialogue.

"It is the fervent hope of COMOG to see the EC, the NDC and other stakeholders resolve their differences amicably,” it added.