The National Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku says the party leadership will investigate allegations of vote-buying during its primaries on Saturday, 20th June 2020.
The NPP primaries were reportedly characterized by aspirants giving money and items to delegates to influence their votes.
Some aspirants were said to have given monies ranging from GHC 3000 to 1200 dollars to each delegate.
Speaking on Citi News, the NPP National Organizer stated although he personally didn’t witness any form of inducement in the primaries, he however calls for a probe into the allegations.
“I heard allegations of inducement, bribing delegates and all of that but let me be very honest with you as a practicing Christian, I never saw one aspirant or group of aspirants doling out money or bribing delegates and I also never saw any delegate or group of delegates receiving money in that regard. I am being very honest. Maybe, it happened at dawn or maybe it happened at midnight. Unfortunately, I don’t subscribe to sorcery and witchcraft and I may not be able to witness everything that might have happened in the middle of the night. But for me as the party’s organizer, that was detailed to a particular part of the country and monitored the process throughout, I never for once saw anybody either giving out or receiving money. It may have occurred on my blindside and maybe it was just a mere allegation. I am not saying it never happened, but I never saw it as a person.
“But we are going to receive a report from the Parliamentary Elections Committee and investigate it. We will investigate it. Let me be very clear that inducing a voter, inducing a delegate, and trying to bribe his or her conscience to vote in a particular direction is inconsistent with the rules and regulations...If any delegate listening was a recipient of these things, kindly let us know”, he said.
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