Ghana Election 2024

NDC Rejects Re-collated Results, Warns Jean Mensa of 'Reckoning' for Electoral Crimes

Dec 21, 2024 - 16:58

Fifi Kwetey is the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)

Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vehemently rejected the re-collated parliamentary election results announced by the Electoral Commission (EC) for several constituencies, citing "questionable and illegal circumstances".

In a scathing statement, the NDC denounced the results as a "blatant assault on Ghana's democratic principles" and a betrayal of the Ghanaian people's will. The party accused the EC, led by Jean Mensa, of consistently choosing a path of "illegality and impunity," deliberately undermining the electoral process's integrity.

The NDC's General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey in a statement issued on Saturday Dec 21, 2024, emphasized that the party would not accept the results, condemning the EC's actions as undemocratic. Kwetey warned that electoral crimes have no expiration date and that those responsible would eventually face reckoning.

''The National Democratic Congress (NDC) categorically rejects the purported recollated parliamentary election results declared the Electoral Commission for a number of constituencies today. These results declared under questionable and illegal circumstances, represent a blatant assault on Ghana's democratic principles and a betrayal of the sovereign will of the Ghanaian people.

''It is abundantly clear that the Electoral Commission, under the leadership of Jean Mensa, has consistently chosen a path of illegality and impunity. By engaging in actions that deliberately undermine the integrity of Ghana's electoral process, the EC has compromised its mandate and deepened punlic mistrust in the institution.
''The NDC strongly condemns these undemocratic practices and reminds all involved that electoral crimes have no expiry date and that the date of reckoning would come,'' portions of the statement read.

Find the full statement below.