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A former executive director of the National Service Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, who is also a member of the main opposition Democratic National Congress team of election observers at the Election Commission Collation Center, has alleged that his party has some 390,000 more were detected. ballots in the Ashanti region overnight.
University of Ghana Institute of African Studies (IAS) History and Policy Section researcher Legon told Kwesi Parker-Wilson of Accra-based Joy News on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, that the 390,000 additional ballots are a discrepancy between the 1.4 million ballots that they collated and verified from the pink sheets and the figure presented to them by the EC in the collation room.
He said the NDC is disappointed and dissatisfied with that and some other EC processes “because one is expected, perhaps, to have seen the faxed materials as they arrive, but what we have been seeing here in the The comparison is that the electoral officials come to distribute papers and say: ‘These are from the regions’ and then we have to check with our officials in the regions “, adding:” In some regions they have counted, in other regions we have huge discrepancies and I want Note that since the EC is trying to improve its processes, it does not need to outsource the efficiency and accuracy to the regional directors because we are all starting to measure some of the figures that come from some of the regions, as presented by the regional electoral directors to the EC with what we are seeing in the different pink leaves that come from the electoral districts and the branches and there are enormous disparities ”.
Giving specific details, Dr. Kpessa-Whyte said: “The Ashanti region, for example, when we look at our pink sheets from the various branches and constituencies, it’s about 1.4 million votes, but what we have presented here in the match room is about 1.79 million votes and I think it is a red herring that can create problems.
According to him, “somehow a significant amount of hundreds of thousands of votes has come to Ashanti and I think we would probably have to re-check by checking the ballot boxes and looking at the numbers that have been put in there and see if they have put any. strange materials in that urn. ”
When asked by Parker-Wilson if he alleges the ballot boxes were filled, Dr. Kpessa-Whyte said, “Well yeah, I’m claiming there is some padding and the numbers are not up to scratch, so we’re looking at a perspective that would probably take a long way. ”
Therefore, he suggested that the electoral management body refrain from declaring the final results until all discrepancies are resolved.
“If the EC exercises some patience and allows us to do a complete job; there is no need to rush at all. I mean, I think the best thing that should come out of this process is that the mandate of the people must be respected and the only way to do it is to do it in a way that everyone appreciates and respects that particular process.
“And so the Ashanti Region is one.”
He said in addition to the Ashanti region, “We also know that some things happened in Bono East. We know that we have won the East Bond and there was some violence and some ballot boxes were destroyed here and there and clearly, that was also an attempt to ensure that some of our votes were taken away. ”
“We believe that, again, it is something that needs to be investigated and analyzed thoroughly and make sure that the exact figures are presented before any final collation can take place,” he proposed.
In addition, he said: “We can also talk about the Northern Region that has not yet come out and we know that we have a great advantage in the Northern Region as well, Greater Accra, we haven’t seen it yet either; we know we have a huge advantage in Greater Accra so, that filler that is giving the Ashanti region an advantage, this is what we found out after we left here last night when we saw their figures and then we came back we chose our pink sheets and we started to make our collation and then we realized that there are disparities in the numbers, so they would get their attention; we have duly informed the parent party, the NDC, that these are things that we have observed and I believe it is the right thing to do and we should not be blamed for doing due diligence. ”
He said the NDC has no qualms about conceding if it misses the polls fairly.
“We have won and lost elections in this country before, we are not new to anything and in fact the last big election in this country, we lost it, so we have no problem in conceding if, in fact, lost, but we must. only to the extent that the mandate of the people is duly respected ”.
— classfm
