Flagbearer, United Front Party, Akwasi Addae Odike has said that he will not sit unconcerned to watch the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana plunge the country into chaos going into the December 2020 poll.
According to him, his disqualification from the 2020 presidential election is unfair and is not based on merit.
“My documents were 80% better than most people who were qualified to contest the December polls, this is not my first time of filling, and this is a deliberate move to disqualify me. The EC wants to plunge the country into chaos and we will not support anyone who decides Ghana should be an ungovernable state,” he told Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show.
“We have all looked on unconcerned for the Electoral Commissioner to act in a way and manner she prefers,” he added.
Five presidential candidates have been disqualified by the Electoral Commission after a thorough review process, as the country prepares for the December 7 elections.
The disqualified candidates include Kwesi Bosomoro [PAP], Akwesi Addae Odike [UFP], Marricke Kofi Gane [independent], Kofi Koranteng [independent] and Agyenim Boateng [independent].
Factors hindering these candidates from contesting the 2020 elections according to the EC chair Jean Mensah include IT issues, similar handwriting and signatures, fake signatures, supporters from the same districts, incomplete data among others of which have been reported to the police CID for investigations.
Their filing fees of GHC100,000 will, however, be reimbursed, the EC noted.
The remaining Twelve out of the total Seventeen that filed their nominations will have the chance to represent their parties at the polls.
EC chairperson Madam Jean-Mensah made the announcement at a ‘let the citizen know’ press briefing on October 19.
