The Deputy Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahdi Gibril, has raised objections to any use of scanned pink sheets by the Electoral Commission (EC) for collating parliamentary results in the controversial Ablekuma North constituency.

He described any such move as a dangerous precedent that could jeopardise the credibility of future electoral processes.

Mr Gibril’s comments follow the EC’s rejection of a re-run of the disputed 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency, instead opting to collate results from three outstanding polling stations.

The EC has maintained that this approach is sufficient to complete the collation process and declare a winner.

Speaking on Channel One TV on Thursday, June 19, 2025, Mr Gibril voiced deep concerns over the legitimacy of relying on scanned pink sheets that have not been jointly verified by all political parties.

He questioned the EC’s impartiality and warned that such a practice could open the door to manipulation and widespread distrust.

“Today, if we easily accept to say; use scanned documents to collate results when all parties do not have, we don’t have future elections because everybody will now play this trick—to bring a scanned document and say, ‘I have it,’ and that if you do not have it, let’s use my scanned document to collate the results,” he cautioned. “Will anybody accept that for presidential elections?”

Mr Gibril called on the Electoral Commission to uphold the highest standards of transparency and fairness, noting that electoral legitimacy cannot be built on convenience.

He urged the EC to reconsider its decision to avoid undermining public confidence in Ghana’s democratic institutions.