Ablekuma North: How come they lost the pink sheets? - Owusu demands prosecution of EC officials

Solomon Owusu, a leading member of the Movement for Change, has demanded the prosecution of electoral officers who supervised the disputed Ablekuma North parliamentary election.

He has described the disappearance of pink sheets as a serious breach of duty and electoral law.

Speaking on TV3’s ‘New Day’, on Wednesday, July 9, he said the returning officer and presiding officers responsible must face criminal charges to serve as a deterrent against future misconduct.

“There has to be a caveat that the returning officer for Ablekuma North, together with the presiding officer, must be prosecuted to serve as a future deterrent,” he said.

Questioning how the original results sheets could go missing, Owusu bluntly asked, "How come they lost the pink sheets?

He further raised doubts about the Electoral Commission’s handling of the situation, noting the absence of a formal police complaint.

“Have you heard or seen the Electoral Commission go to the police to report this matter for the police to do an investigation? All we have been told is verbal, that we were attacked,” he remarked.

He cautioned that failure to prosecute those responsible could create a dangerous loophole in the electoral system.

“They must go to court and explain how they lost the pink sheets. Either or not, tomorrow what is going to happen is that if I go into an election and I know very well that I have lost, I will connive with the Electoral Commission or the presiding or the returning officer to get your pink sheets burnt so that there will be a rerun.”

Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission is yet to respond to the allegations or confirm whether disciplinary or legal action is being considered against its officers involved in the Ablekuma North election.

AS/EB

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