Election Results Annul Ayawaso West Wuogon – NDC in EC

Policy of Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-02-05

The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon wishes that the Electoral Commission cancels the organized by-election in the region because of the violence that led the party to withdraw from the elections.

In a statement, the party said it would not accept the election results, in which the candidate of the new patriotic party had collected 68.30% of the vote.

Delali Kwasi Brempong, the NDC candidate, won 5,341 votes, or 30.52% of the vote.

"We will not recognize the heartless candidate of the nuclear plant, Lydia Alhbadan, elected MP, because the whole process was a sham. We call on the Electoral Commission to cancel the result of the by-election because it took place under dubious circumstances, including in a climate of war, "said the party in a statement signed by the president. of the constituency of NDC Ayawaso West Wuogon, Aborbi-Ayitey Bismark.

The Electoral Commission said the by-elections were peaceful because the gunshots were not recorded in the commission's voting centers.

However, NDC Ayawaso West Wuogon has supported calls for a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the shooting "to give hope and confidence to our democratic future."

"If we do not do it, the CND will have no choice but to do unanimously among the elections for the elections under the leadership of Jean Mensa under the NPP and the Nana Akufo government. -Addo, "the statement said.

He also challenged the government's badertion that the security personnel on duty were deployed by National Security.

Minister of State for National Security Bryan Acheampong said that the deployment of intimidating qualified security personnel by spectators was "usual for all by-elections".

But the group called the staff "masked thugs driven in police vehicles".

Staff members were at the center of a shootout near a voting center in La Bawaleshie that had temporarily disrupted the polls.

The region is close to the residence of the NDC parliamentary candidate.

The warning of Mahama

Former President John Mahama warned that his party would resist future attempts by the government to maintain order in elections with excessive security.

Over the weekend, Mahama said the government would face the wrath of "the people" if he dared to deploy "thugs" dressed in security uniforms.