The Electoral Commission (EC) indicated that the proposed change to the election date from December 7 to November may not be implemented this year.
The commission also proposed that the day be declared a public holiday to allow full participation in the election process.
According to the Deputy EC Chairman in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Eric Asare Bossman, the idea will be placed before Parliament soon.
“So within the next few months, this is something the commission is going to trigger,” Dr Bossman said
However, Dr. Asare Bossman has stated that the proposition will not be implemented during this year’s elections.
“That was agreed with the political parties that in the event we cannot marshal the forces of IPAC to have it in November 2020, the commission should take steps to ensure that in 2028, we are going to have it in November,” he stressed.
Defending the EC’s stance on the date change, he explained that declaring election days as national holidays could increase civic engagement.
The Deputy EC Chairman also revealed that the new date will be a selected day in November, and not November 7 as widely speculated.
“This must be clear, we were not talking about November 7. At the IPAC meeting, the decision was a day in November. So it can be the first Monday, a second Monday, a third Monday or Tuesday or Friday or Thursday.”