The National Peace Council has called on the National Democratic Party (NDC) to seek redress in the court if it feels cheated out of governance in the December 7 election.
Contained in a statement, the Council urged the opposition party to refrain from protesting, as this has the tendency to “spark post-election violence and mar the entire peaceful election process.”
It further condemned the recent protests by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the 2020 election result.
“The Council recalls the resort to the courts to seek redress when the NPP was dissatisfied with the 2012 general election, which resulted in rather positive outcomes that led to significant reforms in Ghana’s electoral system.
“In the same vein, the National Peace Council encourages the NDC to follow suit to deepen our democratic gains rather than taking to the streets; a potential threat that can spark post-election violence and mar the entire peaceful election process.”
The Council also urged the two major political parties, the NDC and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to abide by the peace documents they have signed by calling on their supporters to “refrain from acts of violence and vigilantism after the December elections.”
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Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Ellembele, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has demanded the summoning of the Electoral Commission to Parliament on the outcome of the December 7 polls.
The legislator believes the Commission must be present in the house to explain why persons in the yet-to-be created Guan constituency have been disenfranchised with regards to the parliamentary elections.
“It is now clear that the Electoral Commission on the 6th of December wrote the letter to the people of Guan that they could only vote in the presidential election and that because they had outstanding issues about who should be cleared, they cannot vote in the parliamentary election.
“I thought that was really an affront to our constitution. A pointed question was asked on this issue and the Electoral Commission failed to answer so they deceived Parliament. This Parliament, before we rise, must invite the Electoral Commission and ask the Electoral Commission serious questions.”
The EC announced on Monday, December 7, 2020, that eligible voters in the Guan District would not be able to elect a representative for Parliament pending the creation of their constituency.
The Electoral Commission has however disclosed that, it will initiate processes leading to the creation of a new constituency in the Guan district when the 8th Parliament commences.
This has become necessary due to the inability of the EC to hold elections for registered voters in the Guan District to elect a Member of Parliament due to the absence of a constituency.
A source at the EC told an Accra based media firm that, the EC was unable to create it because the Constitutional Instrument (CI) needed to create the constituency, could not mature in the 7th Parliament.
“The C I to be laid will have to stay in Parliament for 21 sitting days and come into force if 2/3s of Members of Parliament allows its journey. It is after the passage of the amended C I that the EC can contemplate the holding of any election in that created Constituency”.
