All the 106 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament of Ghana are said to march to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) today, Tuesday, December 22, a member of the caucus has hinted.
The march is intended to put pressure on the EC to overturn its declaration of incumbent President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the victor of the 2020 elections.
There have been scattered street protests by NDC supporters across the country against the EC’s declaration of President Akufo-Addo, as the president-elect of Ghana after the December 7 polls.
Member of Parliament for South Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, who gave the hint of today’s intended march on an Accra based television station expounded that, the leadership of the party will not sit aloof for the EC to take them and the people of Ghana for a ride.
Reacting to questions been raised on the efficacy of these nationwide protests by the NDC, the MP said, “you wait and see what will happen tomorrow.”
He indicated that “we are marching to the EC office to express our displeasure against the EC. We will go to court. The NDC will go to court but before that, these series of protests are also part of the process.”
Some ranking members of the NDC have said that the party will consider going to court only when some of the party’s demands are met. These demands, they say, if met will help the party put together its “compelling” case to present to the court.
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There have been several calls from civil societies and some members of the diplomatic corps asking the NDC to go to court if it is of the sound conviction that there were damaging anomalies in the just-ended general elections, rather than protesting on the streets. These concerns have been raised with the peace of the nation at the back of minds.
However, the NDC has not yet outlined its plans in going to court but says, street protesting is also the right of citizens of this country as stipulated in the 1992 constitution.
The National Communications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi in one of the party’s press conferences said the party will only go to court if the demand of its flagbearer for an independent audit of the election results is granted. He said so long as the EC decides to turn a deaf ear to their demands, the street protest will continue. These protests he said are to tell the EC that the party will not concur to the declared election results.
The General Secretary of the party, Johnson Aseidu Nketia in recent times has also said that the means through which the party can go to court are being blocked by some people he described as “tyrants”.
He said the party is being denied access to relevant documents like the pink sheets; a document he said is going to serve as the base of the party’s argument in court.
