The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Honorable Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has asked the Minority and the opposition NDC to provide evidence to back its claims that, the Electoral Commission connived with the New Patriotic Party to rig the elections in favour of President Akufo-Addo.
His call comes on the back of the NDC having rejected the declaration of Akufo-Addo as President elect in the just ended polls with reasons being that, the elections were rigged in favor of the NPP.
Also, in his welcome address on the floor as parliament resumed, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu condemned the moves by government to annex seats won by the NDC through brute force leading to some deaths. The Tamale South MP served notice such attempts will be resisted fiercely.
In a reaction to the claims made, the Suame MP Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu dared the NDC to provide evidence for its claims. According to him, failure on the part of the party to back its claim with any evidence can only mean the results declared by the EC are genuine.
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye also on his part charged the Members of Parliament, to discharge their duties diligently. He added that President Akufo-Addo in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 constitution will deliver an address on the state of the nation prior to the dissolution of the 7th Parliament.
Also, the minority in parliament has also vowed to physically carry themselves as majority in the 8th parliament regardless of number of seats given to the NDC by the EC and the NDC MPs are laying claim of at least 138 seats including that of the controversial Techiman South which will then leave the NPP with 136 and 1 independent.
North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, also disclosed that, the NDC already has a list of persons to occupy various leadership roles including the Speakership.
His colleague from Ajumako Enyian Asiam and ranking member for the finance committee Cassiel Ato Forson argued an NDC led majority in the legislature will work with the Executive to ensure smooth running of the affairs of the state.
He, however, served a caution that, any attempt to take the majority from the NDC will be resisted.
North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Meanwhile, Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stormed the house in black and red attire as they reconvened from recess.
The move according to them is to protest the ‘flawed’ parliamentary and presidential election results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) last week.
The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa explaining the choice of attire for the sitting explained that, the action is to “mourn the demise of the country’s democracy”.
“We are mourning the state of our democracy. There are dark clouds that have covered the integrity and discredited 2020 general elections. We have an EC which keeps changing the figures. As we speak, we don’t know which figure she is working with to be gazetted and recognized by us as a house. We are also gravely upset at the militarization of our election. The use of brute force to overturn the results of constituencies that we won. We insist that we have formed the majority of the eighth parliament and we will not accept anything short of the majority of the NDC side.”
