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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listen to this ediot he is preparing the minds of his buffooon supporters for defeat, we don't need your like anymore around the corridors of power more especially a cr1minally minded like mahama, ofuiiii
JDM, PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE ALIVE BEFORE THE ELECTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED. DO YOU THINK WE ARE AFRAID OF YOUR THREATS,TRY OR ATTEMPT AND SEE THINGS FOR YOURSELF.YOUR WEALTH CANNOT BRING YOU TO POWER-GOD FORBID NDC?
Ghanaians are not ready for these akromfuo again. JDM, keep dreaming and you will not get to a position to challenge the elections. You will be defeated badly with only votes from Volta Region. JDM is doing that so that he could be a life flagbearer of NDC to get political protection, should bus scandal case pop up
DORMAA CHIEF IS MAD. HE IS CRAZY OVER VOTERS REGISTRATION. TWO DAYS AGO A CERTAIN APOSTLE OWUSU ADJEI SMOKE WEE AND GOT OUT OF CONTROL TO MAKE THREATS AND INSULTS AGAINST SOME PROMINENT STATE PERSONALITIES. NOBODY CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERED THE ***barred word*** OF THE DORMAA CHIEF, FOR HIM AMONG ALL THE CHIEFS IN GHANA, TO REACT IN THAT MANNER. HE SEEMED NOT TO BE AWARE THAT HE HAS JUST ONE VOTE LIKE ANY GHANAIAN AND HE CANNOT EVEN COMPEL HIS WIFE TO VOTE THE WAY HE WOULD LIKE. HE MIGHT BE INCENSED BY TOGBE AFEDZI INVITATION TO EC. DORMAA CHIEF AND TOGBE AFEDZE MUST BE REALISTIC TO KNOW THAT EC IS WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE UP THE DELAY CAUSED BY COVID-19. SO THE EC DOES NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TIME FOR PLEASANTRIES. THE CHALLENGES OF EC IS COMPOUNDED WITH COURT CASES AND SO EVERYBODY AT EC IS OVERWORKING. MANY GHANAIANS TODAY ARE NOT AMUSED BY THE ATTITUDE OF CHIEFS LIKE TOGBE AFEDZI AND HIS LIKE. THE THEATRICAL SHOW OF AUTHORITY BY DOMAA CHIEF IS VERY SHAMEFUL, THOUGH NOT NEW TO ANYONE IN GHANA. HE IN NOTED FOR HIS ERRATIC STATEMENTS AND HIS INCONSISTENT EMOTIONAL APTITUDE. DORMAA CHIEF MUST KNOW THAT HE IS CHIEF OVER AN AREA DIFFERENT FROM TOGBE AFEDZI WHO IF CHIEF OVER PEOPLE OF ONE POLITICAL PARTY. DORMAA CHIEF HAS CUSTODY OVER AN AREA WHICH CONSIST OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES AND THAT ANY MISUSE OF HIS TRADITIONAL ROLE CAN EASILY INCUR THE ROUGH OF MANY OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. AS MAGISTRATE BY PROFESSION HE IS EXPECTED TO KNOW BETTER THAT THE WORK AND FUNCTIONS OF EC ARE DEFINED BY LAW AND THAT EC CANNOT OVERTURN ANYTHING DECIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION, THE PARLIAMENT NOR THE SUPREME COURT. I WISH OUR ELDERS LIKE HIM WOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE TO RESPECT AND SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW. THE PREVIOUS OFFICIALS OF EC LOST MANY CASES AT THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE THEY ACT WRONGLY. THAT IS INCOMPETENCE. GHANAIANS DO NOT EXPECT THE CURRENT EC TO BE INCOMPETENT.
The courts are there JDM. NPP went to court when they doubted the 2012 results. You can do same when you doubt the 2020 results which you will lose miserably. Soon to come, the confessions of Afari Gyan with regards to 2012 flawed results.
WE ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT YOU AGAIN AS A LONG FINGERED PRESIDENT, YOU COULD,t EVEN DEVELOPED YOUR HOME TOWN. KEEP QUIET AND PREPARE ALL YOUR EVIDENCE AND MEET ABRONYE IN COURT IF YOU ARE A MAN.
ENYE ME WAWA KORAA,MR.ODDWAN FUN-OUR BELOVED OLDMAN WILL CONTINUE TO RULE FOR A BETTER GHANA SO THAT THE NEW GENERATION CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE.AT YOUR AGE,WHAT HAVE YOU IN HEART AND MIND FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION?U-S-E-L-ES-S THI-E-E-F,APUUUUUUUUUU-MOST OF YOUR FORMER MINISTERS WILL GO TO NSAWAM PRISONS SOONER OR LATER.FIRST AND FOREMOST TELL US WHERE YOU KEPT THE AIRBUS DEAL and KARPOWER DEAL DOCUMENTS.
I thought you once said that the EC is an independent body so Ghanaians should leave your Charlotte Osei alone to do her work in peace. Please, what has change this time? About the new voter's register, is the EC going to give any special preference to the NPP? Please, go out there and ask your supporters who believe in your incompetence and corruption to come out to register when the registration for the new register starts. Ghanaians do not see any seriousness in your campaign because you do not have running mate and also you do not have manifesto. How do you expect Ghanaians to take you serious over a competent president Nana Addo and his able vice president Mahamudu Bawumia. What about the airbus scandal? Who is government official one? Mr. incompetent former president, you are too greedy and corrupt to come close to the presidency again after sending Ghana to the IMF and all your numerous corrupt activities. Please, Ghana does not belong to you and in NDC party, we have equally competent people who can rule Ghana but obviously not you again. May Allah bless our homeland Ghana and bless our president Nana Addo and all Ghanaians. Ameen.
Pray you don't take the lead before the 78yr old person you are referring to. Life is a mystery so never for once wish someone dead.....a word to a wise is in the NORTH (enough).
The NPP are notorious voter suppressors & gerrymanderers but under Akufo Addo they will take it to a whole other level of corrupt criminality! Its what they do otherwise how would they ever win fair & square!