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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the foreign community, civil society organizations, and the media to assist the Electoral Commission (EC) in completing the collation and declaration of results in constituencies where tensions have stalled the process.
At a press conference conducted at the party’s headquarters on Monday, December 16, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, a senior member of the NPP, called for moral support for the EC, underlining the importance of openness and order in the electoral process.
“Our appeal to the international community, civil society organisations, the media and all lovers of democracy is to show interest in this outstanding constituency and give the EC every morale support to proceed to make these declarations,” says Mr. Afenyo-Markin.He also urged the Electoral Commission to follow through on its promise to complete the collation process and announce the results without interference.
“We are also encouraging the Electoral Commission, pursuant to their own statement they issued, to proceed and collate and declare these results,” according to him. At the NPP’s press conference, former National Chairman Peter Mac Manu accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of seeking to disrupt the collation process in constituencies where the NDC feared losing parliamentary seats.
The NDC, according to the party, sent individuals to destroy election materials, attack electoral officers, and intimidate party representatives in Ablekuma North, Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, Dome Kwabenya, Ahafo Ano North, Obuasi East, Ahafo Ano South West, Akwatia, Suhum, Fanteakwa North, Nsawam Adoagyiri, and Techiman South.
The NPP further accused the NDC of bullying returning officers by threatening to proclaim its candidates winners and ordering security personnel out of collation centers when the results appeared to favor the NPP. The party reiterated its support for the Electoral Commission and asked all stakeholders to ensure the electoral process runs smoothly.
Afenyo-Markin calls on International Communities to support the Electoral Commission in declaring the outstanding parliamentary results#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/q01LcstBZI
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) December 16, 2024
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