The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) and its chairperson, Jean Mensa, of consistently providing inaccurate figures in crucial electoral processes.
The NDC expressed disappointment that the EC seemingly failed to learn from the errors of the 2020 Presidential election results, which required multiple corrections after the declaration.
The General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Kwetey, addressed the media on Thursday, May 16, 2024, suggesting that the EC might be testing a rigging strategy by intentionally misrepresenting registration figures.
The NDC also criticized the EC for only addressing specific discrepancies raised by them instead of conducting a comprehensive review of all figures.
“The EC might be testing the waters with their rigging strategy by deliberately misrepresenting and miscalculating registration figures. Our prompt detection and exposure of these egregious errors should serve as a clear warning to the EC about the vigilance of the NDC,” he said.
“We are fully prepared to safeguard the sanctity of the upcoming elections. We expect the EC to now firmly renounce any intention, if it exists, to collude with the failed NPP government to rig the election.
“Any such attempts will be decisively thwarted,” read part of Fifi Kwetey’s address to the media.
“Initially, we pointed out only a fraction of the errors for the EC to reassess their data. Intriguingly, they corrected only those specific discrepancies we highlighted, without conducting a thorough review of all figures.
“It will astonish you to learn that even their revised figures are still riddled with errors and need further corrections,” he added.