Former President John Dramani Mahama has issued a stern warning to the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of this year’s general elections.
According to the former President and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party will not accept the 2020 election results should they suspect any underhand dealings by the EC.
“As leader of the NDC, I wish to serve notice that we shall do all our parts to ensure that our country remains peaceful and that the electoral process proceeds smoothly, but let nobody assume that we will accept the results of a flawed elections”, he cautioned.
Mr. John Mahama made this comment at a ceremony on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 to mark the 28th anniversary of the National Democratic Congress.
The NDC was founded on June 10, 1992 and won the first elections of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
The anniversary event saw in attendance the NDC National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Leader of the Minority in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu and other dignitaries.
Delivering a speech during the occasion, Mr. Mahama recounted that the NDC has been a key stakeholder in the country’s elections, participating in all seven elections under the democratic dispensation.
According to him, although the NDC will challenge any flawed electoral results, it shall however conduct itself within the frontiers of the law.
“We have a history of accepting results of the elections whenever we have believed in the integrity of the polls,” he added.
He also emphasized that the NDC is waiting on the Supreme Court ruling regarding their petition against the Electoral Commission.
The party is praying the highest court of the land to direct the EC to include the Voters’ ID card in the new voters’ registration exercise and also seeking a declaration on whether the Commission’s decision to compile a new register is in compliance with it’s constitutional mandate.
The former President stressed that the Supreme Court hearing on Thursday, June 11 will help the party “determine whether we have a flawed election or we have an election that we have confidence in that the will of the people have been properly expressed”.
Earlier in his address, Chairman of the NDC, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, charged members of the party to reject the call to participate in the Electoral Commission's (EC) mass voters registration exercise scheduled to begin on June 30, 2020.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo said the party was against the compilation of the new voters register because the atmosphere in the country was not conducive for the exercise.
"We say no to the new register and even if Parliament passes the legislation we will not accept it. We are not just against it because they will not accept the old voter card but because the whole atmosphere in the country is not conducive," he said.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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There are some people who will be buried after December 2020 and a certain 78 year old is one of them the shock will resonate within him and will ransack everything in him like covid prone body and dat day await all of us ,mahama will surely emerge come to think of it any common sense person will tell you not to change a winning team but from all the collusion between npp and EC I m beginning to think that de npp did not win the last election
Please Mr ***barred word***, boycott the elections. Follow what NPP did years ago. This way NDC will be buried forever. You are now an empty barrel. You only make noise. Even Asiedu Nketiah or Haruna your minority leader does not take you serious. Politically you are dead and buried. Political RIP Mr. ***barred word***.
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Ghana will be redeem by Mr mahama from this lairs and arrogant people ,as for nana addo he is so wicked and very corrupt someone who has sold all the family properties for campaign what do you expect (awifo)
TIO, all that you spewed out is ***barred word***, bunkum, hogwash. Find somewhere and pack yourself. Ghanaians don't want you as a president wae. We are very fine with President Akufo Addo. He's brought back the respect that Ghana so deserves. Go away, The Incompetent One(TIO).
That is the voice of reasoning the folishhhhhhhhh president Mr Oldman is not in jail how much more Mr mahama if by sounding the way Mr mahama is sounding today means you have lost elections then nana AKUFO Addo the oldest president wouldn't be president npp supporters have even forgotten about their own history just a little over 3 years when this Oldman was all over the place attacking the EC and threatening the EC with all manner of uselessssssss words even with all that he worn let me tell de npp supporters that that old guard will loose this elections no matter how hard he tries he is just a thieffsssss and a uselessssssss leader without common sense
ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POLLING STATIONS. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO IF YOU LOSE THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.
Masa any ***barred word*** man can go to court (quoting your General secretary, Asiedu Nketia), so don't worry even if you will you will go to court abi?
Oooh Massa , you’re only preparing the minds of your party members of the impending lose to the party, so you can find a very nice way to escape the blame. Everything points to the fact that John Mahama is not ready for election 2020, NO Manifesto or Running mate, no policy directives, apart from the usual concert party jok3s, JM what sign are you bringing this time around since Yussein Bolt one has become outmoded ?
Mahama, the standard now for anyone to who wants to be the president of Ghana has been set by Nana Addo. You have to be incorruptible, unambiguous vision, love for Ghana, persistent, a better communicator, ability to think deep, surrounding yourself with sensible people, confident, seeking higher quality of life for Ghanaians, integrity, good morals and values, higher standards, impact his team to be better than himself, can do altitude etc. You lack all of this and I wonder why did NDC elect you in the first place. As lazy as you are you have spend three solid years without using your brains to think of alternative policies to drum about for us to compare. Always finding alibis for your incompetence. What EC is doing is in the best interest for all political parties. To have a credible register means, the person who holds the card is who he says he is, this can be verified through atleast two databases, the NIA database and passport office. Both databases hold unique numbers that Identify every holder of the car or passport. This becomes easy for you NDC (block headed) to take any voter's card to verify against these databases to see if they are Ghanaians, secondly verify if they have voted more than once with just a click of a button in 3 steps. How is this difficult to comprehend. Technology will cure all this ***barred word*** of rigging and that is what the EC is doing with the new system own by them. Now focus on your message and vision for Ghana, that is why people vote.