Former President John Dramani Mahama has explained how agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) uncovered the alleged printing of additional ballot papers by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2020 elections.
Mr Mahama earlier alleged when he addressed the Divisional Chief of Prestea Himan, Nana Nteboah Prah, as part of his Thank You tour of the Western Region that “More than one million extra ballot papers were printed, which the EC claimed happened by mistake but on the day of the elections, some of the more than one million extra ballot papers had already been secretly thumb-printed in favour of the NPP.”
The Presidential Candidate of the NDC in the 2020 elections added “And, so, all these things dented the credibility of the polls and caused an embarrassment.”
Speaking with the United States Chapter of the NDC at the Bentley University on Sunday March 27, 2022 he stated again that “We have all done elections before and at the printing press, all the political parties are supposed to send agents to the printing press. We sit there from the time they start printing until we finish. When they finish, we all tally how many ballots they were asked to print, we all look at the numbers and everything and if we are satisfied then all the agents sign a certificate of completion to say that we are satisfied, that it tallies with the number you were asked to print.
“And so, we did that at the printing press and left. But one of our agents had to go back, he was going to look for something, he had left his laptop bag and so he was going to look for it, only for him to see millions of ballot papers being printed.
“When he asked why they were printing extra ballot papers, they said the EC had asked them to print. Out of frustration, they said in case there was a second round. But seven people will not go for second round, ballot papers for a second round is only for two people, the top two. No proper explanation on why those ballot papers were printed, were given.
“Some of the people were seen later carrying ballot papers and we reported them to the police. Up till date, nobody has been charged or prosecuted for carrying those extra ballot papers.
“These are the things that happened in the elections and so we thought the elections weren’t free and fair and so we went to the Supreme Court. One, to test our legal right and then secondly, to also calm the atmosphere.
“The atmosphere was quite charged, a few of our people took to the streets, there was a threat of violence, and we didn’t want to go down that path and so it was better to use what the constitution has given us. Once we filed the suit I noticed that it calmed everybody and of course we went and got 7:0 on every issue that we raised.”
Source: 3news.com
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This guy still talking of 2020 election? That election and its court action is history in our ears. This Kanazoe second hand ford bribe taker will get heart attack over the shock of the 2020 election.
THIS ***barred word*** MAHAMA JOHN GUY CANNOT STOP LYING ALWAYS LYING WHERE WAS IT WHEN YOU WERE IN COURT. NEVER AGAIN WILL BE VOTED TO JUBILLE HOUSE EVER, EVER, EVER AGAIN. NDC CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED, SINCE INDEPENDENCE ALL GHANA COUP LEADERS ARE ***barred word*** NDC AND DIDN'T DO NOTHING FOR THIS NATION EXCEPT STEALING AND SELLING THE NATION ASSETS AND TAKING SOME FOR THEMSELVES INCLUDING LANDS WHICH DR. NKRUMAH LEFT FOR THE NATION DEVELOPMENTS.
Somebody in NDC should be bold and take the flask from him, it does not contain neither tea nor coffee but hard liquor. He will continue to make reckless statements by the time he becomes the flagbearer, his credibility will be in question.Also the respect he should command will be way down.He has ruled this country before and people know what happened in his era, to convince the masses he should have a refine language and not accusing judges,the EC and telling lies which can be found to be true.A word to the wise is enough.
***barred word*** man. You tell blatant lies thorough your teeth in far away America and you want them to believe you? This is infantile talk. Please come again. How could you go to court without a proof. Asiedu Nketia was made to calculate the figures gathered by the EC and he openly confirmed to the world that the EC was right. Again, when asked to produce his collated figures, what did he tell the world? He said he left it in the office. the joke of the century. And then your men at the EC strong room went drinking tea without biscuits instead of watching and reporting on proceedings. All these works against the NDC and you are here talking about imaginary ballot papers. Who doesn't know the processes used in printing Ballot Papers. Please don't waste our ears and time. Even telling lies too you are doing so incompetently. Leave us in Peace.
This is the best you can achieve ever. Continue your lies. Assemblies of God member indeed. There is no truth in you
The whole world would laugh at Ghanaians if they vote for you mahama again because you are the most corrupt president Ghana has produced since independence, very incompetent to the highest level. You couldn’t even managed dumsor for 4 good years. I am surprised Ghana is wasting tax payers money on you as former president. You went to court knowing deep from your heart that you lost the election over 500,000 votes. Hypocrite, you couldn’t proof one allegation backed with evidence not a single one. The court gave you the opportunity to proof your case but you failed abysmally, you should have been to the witness box to proof your case like how Dr Bawumia did in 2012 election petition. Have you sat down to analyze your vote in 2012 election results where your MPs vote is lower than your vote over 400,000 ? Which means over 400,000 people voted for you without voting for any of the MPs not even to your opponent. You are very dangerous politician and your greediness would bury you in opposition. Ghanaians wants you to bring your policies or your alternatives to the current situation in the world. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, look at how you duped Ghanaians with the project you did? Circle interchange cost over $270,000 , how much is pokuase interchange? Shame on you.
You are a swine.