The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned that the party will not countenance any attempts by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the December 7 general elections, indicating that the NPP’s machinations will not prevail.
The General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, addressing a news conference in Accra on Thursday, May 16, assured party supporters that any machinations of the NPP will not prevail, adding that the NPP “will have no choice but to vacate the Flagstaff House.”
“The choice is theirs to ensure a peaceful transfer of power from the NPP to the NDC or face the grave consequences of their actions. The 2024 elections represent a patriotic call to duty for every conscientious Ghanaian.
“Together, we must strive to uproot and dismantle the most inept, corrupt, and ethnocentric government ever in Ghana’s history—the Akufo-Addo Bawumia administration.
“As the General Secretary of the NDC, I assure all Ghanaians that NPP’s machinations will not prevail. They will have no choice but to vacate the Flagstaff House and hand over power smoothly to President John Mahama and Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman in January 2025,” he said.
Also, the party raised concerns about the election management body’s “overt lawlessness and incompetence,” which, according to the NDC, “mirror the troubling patterns of the current Akufo-Addo Bawumia government.”
Furthermore, the General Secretary did not take lightly the rhetoric of President Akufo-Addo that he did not want former President John Mahama to succeed him because he defeated him twice.
“What the NPP, unfortunately fails to understand is that the NDC stands prepared and vigilant, ready to ensure free and transparent elections, even at the risk of our own lives. We challenge President Akufo-Addo and the NPP to consider any underhanded
maneuvers.
“Let this serve as an unequivocal warning: we are fully equipped and resolute, prepared to respond with unwavering determination to defend the sanctity of our votes and the democratic future of Ghana.”
“We in the NDC are not taking President Akufo-Addo’s unguarded remarks lightly and would like to caution that President Akufo-Addo is treading on treacherous ground, possibly encouraged by assurances that the Electoral Commission (EC) will rig the 2024 elections in favor of the NPP. If the EC by any chance harbours such plans, then they better revise their notes,” said Mr. Fiavi Kwetey.
Moreover, as regards the EC’s admission of errors in the registration figures it published, Fifi Kwetey underscored that such mistakes were avoidable.
“Simple arithmetic, accurately summing the regional figures from the 16 regions, would have clearly demonstrated to the EC that their numbers were erroneous. Such mistakes are utterly avoidable. Why must Ghana’s Electoral Commission be reduced to an ‘Error Commission’?
“The EC must distance itself from any intentions of rigging and be warned: any attempt to undermine the electoral process will be rigorously challenged and exposed,” he stated.
Source: 3news.com
