Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama has lamented that the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) is determined to help the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) rig tomorrow’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
He noted, however, that their plan will be unsuccessful given that the people of Ghana are determined to vote for a change of Government.
“With less than 24 hours to go, it has become obvious that the Electoral Commission is determined to aid the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the elections. But they will fail because the people of Ghana are determined to vote for change and protect their ballots,” John Mahama wrote.
He explained that the NDC’s several reports of exposed validating stamps to the EC have failed to get the EC to take appropriate action against the act which is calculated to help the NPP in rigging the election.
“Since Thursday night, the National Democratic Congress has reported several cases of exposed Validating Stamps to the Commission yet they have refused to issue a clear and unambiguous directive to stop their staff from disclosing the identities and details of the validating stamps ahead of tomorrow’s general elections.
Such an exposure allows the party that has printed fake ballot papers to produce similar stamps to use in order to achieve a semblance of validity.
An internal memo of the Commission dated 10th October 2024 gives away their well calculated plot to aid ballot stuffing by exposing the serial numbers of the validating stamp before voting day, tomorrow,” he explained.
John Mahama has therefore appealed to major stakeholders such as the Peace Council to call the EC to order.
“I call on the National Peace Council, Religious and Traditional Leaders, Civil Society, the International Community and the Election Observer Missions to call the Electoral Commission to order,” he concluded.
Ghanaians go to the polls tomorrow December 7, 2024 to elect 276 Members of Parliament and a President for a tenure of four years.
Read his full statement below;
With less than 24 hours to go, it has become obvious that the Electoral Commission(EC) is determined to aid the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the elections. But they will fail because the people of Ghana are determined to vote for change and protect their ballots
Since Thursday night, the National Democratic Congress has reported several cases of exposed Validating Stamps to the Commission yet they have refused to issue a clear and unambiguous directive to stop their staff from disclosing the identities and details of the validating stamps ahead of tomorrow’s general elections.
Such an exposure allows the party that has printed fake ballot papers to produce similar stamps to use in order to achieve a semblance of validity.
An internal memo of the Commission dated 10th October 2024 gives away their well-calculated plot to aid ballot stuffing by exposing the serial numbers of the validating stamp before voting day, tomorrow.
I call on the National Peace Council, Religious and Traditional Leaders, Civil Society, the International Community and the Election Observer Missions to call the Electoral Commission to order.
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