Nov 7 to be election day : EC begins moves to amend provision

Moves to have the presidential and parliamentary elections held on November 7 are advanced with the Electoral Commission ( EC ) liaising with the Attorney-General’s Department to have the relevant constitutional provision amended to effect the change.

The Chairman of the EC, Mrs Charlotte Osei, who stated this on the floor of Parliament last Thursday, also said since the constitutional provision which stipulated that the elections be held on December 7 was not an entrenched one, the necessary legislative documents would soon be presented before the House to effect the change.

She said the change in date would make provision for the holding of run-offs in November as well.

She told the House that the EC was also proposing a law which would empower it to prosecute election offenders with the consent and authorisation of the Attorney-General’s Department.

Mrs Osei said the EC asked for GH¢ 1.2 billion for the 2016 polls and was also proposing an increase