The Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed that the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections will proceed as scheduled on December 7.
Despite earlier discussions suggesting a potential shift of the election date from December 7 to November 7 to allow for extensive preparations, the EC has decided to maintain the original date.
Consequently, the forthcoming general elections are set to take place on Saturday, December 7, 2024.
However, in an agreed communique signed between the various political parties during the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on March 7, the EC said, “The Commission informed the meeting that the date for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections namely; the 7th of December remains unchanged. In that vein, the election would be held on Saturday 7th December, 2024.”
A statement dated March 7, issued by the EC and signed by Michael Boadu, Acting Head of Public Affairs of the EC said, that legal processes to move the general elections to November will be submitted to the Attorney General.
“Legal processes to move the General elections to November will however be commenced with the submission of a Memo to the Attorney General. The proposal to bring the election date forward to November will take place in 2028. The Commission would not introduce new Constitutional Instruments (C.I.s) ahead of the Voter Registration Exercise and the General Elections. The existing C.I.s will remain in force.”
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