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General News on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-01-30
Abraham Amaliba is a member of the NDC legal team
The Democratic National Congress plans to boycott the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election scheduled for Thursday or to seek a court order to prevent the Electoral Commission from holding it.
The decision, which is expected to be made by the National Executive Committee today, follows alleged irregularities in the voter register that were approved by the EC for the conduct of the election.
According to the NDC legal team, the figure in the EC's registry provided to the party is different from what was approved for the by-election.
Four candidates vie for the vacant seat following the death of Emmanuel Agyarko Kyereematen in November 2018.
These are Delali Kwasi Brempong of the NDC, William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People's Party, Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana and Lydia Seyram Alhbadan of the NPPP.
Abraham Amaliba, a member of the legal team said Tuesday on News @ 10 on TV3 that the register of voters in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon, that the EC had provided them on December 28, 2018, n & # 39; 39 is not the same population as what the EC has received. released to be used for the election.
According to the register they received from the EC, the number of voters rose to 87,580 people.
"As the printing of the ballots began, we were invited to observe the process. We arrived there to find that the register accompanying the ballots of the different polling stations counted 88,745 voters. There is an addition of 1,0165, "he said.
When he realized the discrepancy, he said that they had officially written to the EC to ask for explanations, but that it did not bother them.
In addition, he stated that the party's Electoral Officer had personally addressed him to the EC on the same subject, but that this time again, the EC had not given him a hearing.
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In view of this, he said: "We have asked for records; three of them – the list of postal voters, the special list of voters and the list of voters [as] our right [but] the EC will not move. "
Mr Amaliba, however, revealed that it was until Tuesday night that the EC addressed the party's election director "and accepted the difference between the two registers".
Asked if they were satisfied with the EC's admission, he said the decision would be made by CEN, which would meet on Wednesday.
"They just have us [Tuesday evening]we will be on the topic tomorrow [Wednesday] and if we are satisfied, we will announce to the people of this country, "he said.
"We could go to court and make an injunction and it is also possible that we can boycott the election based on what the National Executive Committee says," he said.
For Amaliba and the NDC, "the commission headed by Jean Mensa is clandestinely involved in acts suggesting that she wants to rig the elections in favor of the NPP. We are of the opinion that the EC is illegally trying to rig this election.
He said the NDC would not allow the EC to tie its hands and "put us in the boxing ring, we will not do it, we will not allow it".
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