Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress John Dramani Mahama has said the outcome of the 2020 election is a reflection of a plan by the Electoral Commission to favour the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The former President noted that the results cannot be accepted because they are flawed and do not reflect the will of the people.
The EC on Wednesday declared President Akufo-Addo winner of the 2020 election with 51.59 percent of the total votes cast, beating former president Mahama who had 47.36 percent.
But addressing party supporters and the press on Thursday at the party’s headquarters, Mr. Mahama described the outcome of the election as a travesty of justice.
“We went into the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections with assurances from the Electoral Commission and the relevant state actors that it would be conducted in an atmosphere free from fear, and that it would be fair, transparent, and credible. Unfortunately, that has not been the case.
What we witnessed across the country from Monday December 7, 2020 exposed a deliberate plan to manipulate and predetermine the results of the election in favour of the incumbent candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, who, as so happens, controls all of the state resources and oversees the state’s institutions,” he said.
The former President accused his contender and the New Patriotic Party of inducements, use of monetary enticements, and other such schemes on a scale never before seen in Ghana, adding “the good people of this country understood what was at stake, and it was clear, as the result of the votes that were legally cast that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the Presidential and Parliamentary elections”.
He further served notice that the party will take all legitimate means to reverse the outcome of the election.
“It is for this reason that my colleagues and I in the NDC, will not accept what we know to be a fraudulent outcome of these elections. We will take all legitimate steps to reverse this travesty of justice,” he stressed.
