The Energy Minister and the Hohoe Member of Parliament-elect, John Peter Amewu, has asked Ghanaians to respect and accept the Electoral Commission (EC) declarations and the outcome of the presidential election results and move on.
Addressing staff of the Ministry at a gathering to mark the end of the year, he reiterated the calls by various stakeholders for Ghanaians and mainly the members of the opposition party to accept the elections results.
“I call on everyone to accept the decision by the electoral Commission.”
His statement comes on the back of the opposition NDC, refusing to accept the presidential election results which saw the incumbent President, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, re-elected for the second term, due to claims of anomalies with regards to the collated results at the various polling stations.
Since the declaration of the results, the opposition party has been organising street protests amid burning of car tyres, an act that have been condemned by well-meaning Ghanaians.
In this regard, the Energy Minister advised the opposition to use the right channel to churn out their grievances instead of engaging in street protests.
“Ghana is one and Ghana has one President. Whether you voted for the NDC or NPP, the EC has declared the winner and we must all respect it.”
Mr. Amewu, who contested the Hohoe Constituency seat on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won, thanked the staff for holding the fort and working hard when he and his deputies, who contested for parliamentary seats and also won, were in their constituencies campaigning.
Meanwhile, The Ho High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the Electoral Commission (EC) from Gazetting John Peter Amewu as MP-elect for the Hohoe Constituency although, the gazetting process has already been done by the election management body.
This was after an ex parte application was argued in court before Justice George Buadi by Tsatsu Tsikata for the applicants, who hail from the towns who were prevented from voting in the parliamentary elections in the Hohoe constituency.
Voters from SALL areas of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi in the Guan District were unable to take part in the parliamentary elections on 7 December.
The electoral Commission prior to the elections explained that, as a result of the creation of the Guan District Local Government (Guan District Assembly) (Establishment) Instrument, 2020 which is pending the creation of the Guan Constituency, eligible voters in the Guan District were to as a result vote only in the Presidential Election but not in the Parliamentary Election in the Buem Constituency.
Lawyers for the applicants argued that preventing the people from taking part in the Hohoe parliamentary election was a violation of their fundamental rights hence their plea to the court to stop the EC from gazetting the Hohoe Parliamentary results.
The Energy Minister, who contested in the Hohoe Constituency polled 26,952 votes representing 54.7% of total votes at the close of parliamentary elections in the constituency while his close contender Prof. Margaret Kwaku from the NDC garnered 21,821 votes.
