Bernard Mornah, the flagbearer for the People’s National Convention (PNC), has pledged to contest his disqualification by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the upcoming 2024 elections.
On September 20, the EC announced the approval of 13 candidates for the December 7 presidential race, but Mornah, along with 10 others, faced disqualification after the vetting process.
In response, Mornah expressed his determination to challenge the decision, threatening legal action if necessary.
“It is a terrible afternoon but you can be assured that I am a fighter and I will fight this to the end, I will not accept this kind of disrespect and we will not accept the fact that the electoral commission does not want to play according to the rules.
“The EC received our forms on 13th of September. By 12: PM we had submitted our nomination forms and at 6:35 AM on Saturday I got a call from one Samuel Quoao, I don’t know him, he said he had sent a letter from the EC that there were some anomalies with the forms,” he said in an interview on Accra-based TV3.
Mornah recounted the timeline of events leading to his disqualification, indicating that his nomination forms were submitted on September 13.
He received a call from a person named Samuel Quoao, informing him of purported discrepancies in his forms just hours later.
He believes the EC’s basis for disqualification is unfounded, as he had promptly corrected any errors identified in the documents.
“I counted about seven different pages and the EC claimed that we have some anomalies. I immediately sent that the forms should be picked in accordance with the EC’s directive and the forms were completed on Saturday and returned. Mr Quauo called that our forms had been rectified,” he explained.