The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has clarified that it is not opposed to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) call for a forensic audit of the 2024 voters register, but insists that the proper legal procedures must be adhered to.
NPP General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, referenced a 2016 ruling by Justice V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe, which outlined the steps to be taken when requesting an audit of Ghana’s voters register.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Frimpong Kodua emphasized that the NPP strongly believes in following due process when addressing such concerns.
“We are not against the EC correcting mistakes [in the voters register] if there are any but what we are saying is that the corrections are to be done through the voters register exhibition exercise and this is backed by law and the law states clearly what needs to be done. There will always be laws and the EC has always followed that law to have mistakes corrected.”
He added that the NDC’s demands are not based on evidence but just speculations and dared its leadership to make the evidence it has public.
“To start with, the allegation that the NDC is making, have they submitted it to the EC? The EC made it clear in its statement that the NDC has not made available any evidence to the EC. On what basis are they making the allegations?
“If they genuinely have any issues, they should make it known to all of us because the NDC has a track record of these things and if you can remember, they came out in 2020 and said they had won the elections and when they took it to court, they could not provide any evidence.”
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