The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has supported the Electoral Commission (EC)’s call on the Police to investigate claims made by former President John Mahama that the EC thumb printed 1 million ballots in favour of the ruling NPP.
This was expressed by the Communications Director of the party, Yaw Buaben Asamoa during an interview with Don Prah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show.
He explained: “If the EC wants the police to probe Mahama’s allegation, we are backing that because we believe that the EC has a very good reason for doing so. Based on what has happened in the past, I believe the EC is being cautious this time.
You will recall that when we were about ending the voting process, they [NDC] called a press conference to declare themselves winners. They said they had 141 or 143 seats in parliament. They even declared Mahama president. There was even a demonstration but that did not help them so they eventually had to go to court. So, with all these precedents, it is in the right step that the EC calls for probe into the allegations.”
Yaw Buaben added that the former President’s claims on the election will not augur well for the image of the country. He noted that if former President Mahama has any cause for complaints, it would be best that he goes to the police rather than make these unsubstantiated claims under the guise of a ‘Thank You’ tour.
“It is not befitting of him to make these allegations especially for someone who wants to rule the country. What does he hope to achieve with these allegations? He should have gone to the police with these allegations,” he stressed.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has called on the Police to investigate claims made by former President John Mahama that the commission thumb printed one million ballot papers to favour President Nana Addo Dankwa in the 2020 presidential election.
At the Let the Citizens Know series held in Accra Monday afternoon (October 25), the EC described the claim by the former President as “false and untrue” and stressed that it was in the public interest for the police to initiate full-scale investigation that would require Mr Mahama to provide evidence to the claim he made.
