Menu

Residents of Ablekuma North call for re-election for parliamentary candidates to end standoff

Video Archive
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Residents of Ablekuma North are calling for a re-election to resolve the ongoing parliamentary standoff.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb TV on January 27, 2025, several residents expressed their concerns and the need for a re-election.

“They need to do a re-election because the way things are going is very bad. For me, I want a re-election so that things will be clear for the person that won,” one resident stated.

Another echoed similar sentiment, emphasizing the need for fairness and transparency

“We have to do a re-election because of the ongoing chaos. People will monitor the election, and there will be peace,” another resident added.

Others agreed, citing the re-election as a way to ensure justice and calm tensions.

“I also think the same because if there is a re-election, and there was cheating in any way in the first election, things will be normal,” a third resident commented.

“For me, we should vote again to ensure peace in the constituency,” another resident added.

The Electoral Commission (EC), at its Greater Accra Regional office on December 10, 2024, declared the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ewurabena Aubynn, as the winner, beating the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, a former MP.

However, the EC later nullified the declaration of Ewurabena Aubynn as Member of Parliament-Elect for the area, stating that the results for the constituency would be re-collated.

The Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa, explained that NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn was declared the winner of the constituency’s seat without the results of 62 polling stations.

“In the Ablekuma North constituency, 219 polling station results were used to declare a winner instead of 281 polling station results. The Commission would not uphold that declaration,” she said at a press conference on Thursday.

The re-collation follows a High Court ruling on Saturday, January 4, 2024, which granted an application by the NPP seeking to compel the EC to complete the collation of parliamentary results for the constituency.

Justice Forson Agyapong, who presided over the case, ruled in favour of the NPP, issuing an order of mandamus that compelled the EC to complete the collation process.

In his judgment, Justice Agyapong stated that the EC had failed to collate results from 31 outstanding polling stations in the constituency, which was a breach of its obligations. The court subsequently ordered the EC to collate the results from the remaining polling stations and incorporate them into the already collated figures.

AM/KA

You can also watch the latest episode of Everyday People on GhanaWeb TV below:

Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Related Articles: