Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Hassan Tampuli, has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to publicly acknowledge and commend the Electoral Commission (EC) for its role in conducting the last general elections.
Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, on JoyNews’ PM Express, June 25, launched a scathing attack on the EC, declaring its entire leadership unfit for purpose and calling for their removal.
“There has to be a change,” he insisted. "The three top leadership must all go. They have managed the commission so badly.”
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, June 28, Mr. Tampuli argued that the NDC, as the main beneficiary of the 2024 electoral outcome, had every reason to be the first to appreciate the work of the EC and its leadership, despite their previous criticisms.
“In any event, the NDC should be the first to even commend this Electoral Commissioner. In spite of whatever happened, you were able to get an emphatic mandate,” Tampuli said.
The NDC won a decisive parliamentary majority and secured the presidency in the December 2024 polls an outcome that, according to Mr Tampuli, underlines the credibility of the process despite the opposition’s earlier concerns over voter registration, collation processes, and alleged bias by the EC.
Tampuli reinforced his point by citing a widely accepted axiom in Ghana’s electoral politics:
“The former Electoral Commissioner even told us that ‘elections are won at the polling stations’. So what is the issue? No matter what the chairperson of the Electoral Commission does at her head office, the elections will be determined at the polling station,” he stated.
According to the Gushegu MP, this highlights the strength of Ghana’s electoral architecture, which empowers polling station results as the basis of national outcomes.
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