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The NDC opposition is demanding immediate reimbursement of the application fees paid by its 2020 presidential candidate, John Mahama, and some parliamentary candidates before the December 7 elections.
In addition to the reimbursement of the party’s presidential candidate, the application fees of 269 parliamentary candidates are also demanded by the NDC.
Citing CI 127 regulations 46 (1) and 46 (3), the party said the money should be deposited into the NDC account at GCB Bank.
In a letter to the President of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, the party said the decision was taken by the Functional Executive Committee (FEC).
“Regulations 46 (1) and 46 (3) of CI 127 specify the conditions for reimbursement or forfeiture of deposits made by presidential or parliamentary candidates. A presidential or parliamentary candidate must obtain a minimum of 25% and 12.5% respectively in a general election to be eligible for reimbursement, ”said the statement signed by Secretary General Johnson Asiedu Nketia.
Meanwhile, the 2020 NDC flag bearer is at the Supreme Court to challenge the validity of the 2020 election ballots.
John Mahama urges the Supreme Court to order a second round of presidential elections between himself and Nana Akufo-Addo of the NPP.
According to the former president, the votes obtained by President Nana Akufo-Addo and himself in the December 7 election declared by the President of the EC were not sufficient for a candidate to be declared the winner.
In his petition to the Supreme Court, Mr. Mahama said: “The assertion that the percentage of votes obtained by the 2nd defendant [Nana Akufo-Addo] was 51.595% [6,730,413] of the total valid votes that she clearly stated to have been 13,434,574 was a manifest error, as the votes cast for the second respondent would be 50.098% and not the 51.595% wrongly stated.
He said the first responder in his Dec. 9 statement said the NDC candidate got 6,214,889, or 47.366% of the valid votes.
“Out of a total of 13,434,574 votes cast, the percentages of petitioners would decrease to 46.260% and not the 47.366% wrongly declared.
“The percentage attribute to all other candidates except one by Ms. Mensa was all incorrect,” he said.
The former president argued that if all the valid votes for all the candidates who contested the election are met, this would add up to “13,121,111, a figure which is completely absent from the alleged statement by Ms. Jean Adukwei Mensa on the 9th. December, and the alleged rectification on December 10. “
Mr Mahama said the percentage of all valid votes for the 12 contestants “would give a total of 100.03%”.
He said it was a “mathematical and statistical impossibility, further proof of the illegality and unconstitutionality of the alleged declaration”.
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