The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opposed the Electoral Commission's (EC) directive, urging its agents to ignore the EC's instruction not to permit political party representatives to monitor the ongoing voter transfer exercise.

The NDC argued that this directive could potentially lead to gerrymandering through illegal voter transfers, thereby compromising the integrity of the electoral process.

The EC recently issued a directive to its Regional Directors, instructing them to inform District Directors that political party agents will not be allowed to observe the ongoing vote transfer.

This directive is set to take effect on Monday, June 3.

In a memo, the EC explained that this decision was made in response to several clashes that have occurred at its district offices, with the aim of maintaining order and security during the process.

However, the NDC strongly contests this directive, urging its agents nationwide to reject and disregard the EC's directive.

"Political party agents play an important role in promoting transparency, and deepening confidence in our electoral system, so the actions of the EC must enhance the important role of political party agents, and not seek to diminish it."

"In our view, an insistence on this directive by the Electoral Commission can only be in furtherance of the suspected devious and sinister agenda of the Commission to manipulate the processes leading to the 2024 elections."

"The National Democratic Congress therefore hereby calls on all its agents across the country to defy and disregard this outrageous directive by the Electoral Commission.”

“All structures of the party, particularly Regional and Constituency Secretariats, are hereby directed to deploy NDC agents to all district offices of the EC to closely monitor the ongoing voter transfer exercise," an excerpt of the statement said.

The party has instructed all its structures, particularly regional and constituency secretariats, to deploy NDC agents to all district offices of the EC to closely monitor the voter transfer exercise.