National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has declared that he will accept the election results if John Mahama wins the presidential election on December 7, even with the voters’ register that the party considers flawed.
This statement comes in light of the party’s demand for a forensic audit of the voters’ register, which they believe undermines the integrity of the electoral process.
As the NDC prepares for the upcoming elections, concerns about the credibility of the voters’ register have become a focal point. Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the party’s Director of Elections and IT, voiced his worries in a Facebook post, describing the current register as “unfit for purpose.”
He has called for a forensic audit or a thorough parliamentary investigation to rectify what he characterizes as “incurably defective” anomalies within the register.
Dr. Boamah highlighted that the NDC’s careful examination during the exhibition exercise uncovered numerous issues with the voters’ register. He warned that if these concerns are not addressed, the credibility of the 2024 elections could be significantly jeopardized.
“The register compiled by the EC is unfit for purpose. Without a forensic audit or thorough parliamentary investigation of the EC’s voter register, the register will remain incurably defective,” he stated.
“Forget about adjudication! It’s obvious the register has deliberately been tampered with!”
On September 23, 2024, the NDC met with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), labor unions, and religious leaders to push for a forensic audit of Ghana’s voter register after presenting its case on the need for the forensic audit of the voter register and the EC’s IT system.
Following the NDC’s persistent demands, the party’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, in an interview on Asempa FM, was asked the following questions:
“After this advocacy and what you are requesting is turned down by the EC, and we go into the elections with this, in your own words, ‘flawed’ voter register and John Mahama wins the elections, would you reject the results?”
Sammy Gyamfi responded, “Why will I reject the results?” Then the host retorted, “Based on the flawed voter register, as you said.”
Sammy Gyamfi responded: “What are you talking about?” he asked, and the host chipped in, “Are you not the one who claimed the voter register is flawed?”
Then Sammy Gyamfi replied, “Master, what you are saying is neither here nor there.”
The host asked again, “You said the voter register is flawed, and I am asking you if the corrections are not made and we vote with this register and Mahama wins, are you rejecting the results?”
Sammy Gyamfi responded, “I will not reject the results, but I will not be happy with the elections.”