Ace sports activities journalist Saddick Adams has joined others in criticizing the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, for the fee’s incapacity to announce the winners of the December 7 elections earlier.
The December 7 election noticed tensions rise because the nation awaited outcomes from the Electoral Commission. According to Adams, this extended delay, with out the shedding candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, conceding defeat, may have thrown the nation into chaos.
In a tweet on X, Adams prompt that with out the clear margin of victory by the president-elect and the candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, and Bawumia’s early concession, the EC’s delay may have led to widespread unrest.
“The present EC would’ve plunged the entire nation into chaos however for God’s intervention and the way this election wrapped up, i.e., President Mahama’s margin of victory and Dr. Bawumia’s early concession. Had this been a good contest, issues would’ve gone south, and it’s fairly apparent,” he tweeted.
Jean Mensah and the Electoral Commission got here beneath fireplace after they might not announce the winner of the December 7 elections as early as residents anticipated. It took 48 hours for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to declare the winner whereas the New Patriotic Party’s candidate Dr. Bawumia, in lower than 24 hours after the elections, conceded defeat citing knowledge he and his get together had gathered as the premise.
Critics of the Electoral Commission (EC) argue that whereas the legislation grants the EC 72 hours to declare election outcomes, its failure to take action earlier—particularly when the 2 main political events, the NPP and NDC, had collated their outcomes and understood their standings inside hours after the polls—demonstrates incompetence.
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) defined that disruptions brought on by supporters of varied political events besieging collation facilities affected its operations. Addressing a press convention at round 2 a.m. on the EC headquarters in Accra, the Deputy Chairman in command of Operations, Samuel Tettey, lamented that these supporters have been hindering progress by obstructing EC officers and disrupting their actions.
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The present EC would’ve plunged the entire nation into chaos however for God’s intervention and the way this elections wrapped up ie President Mahama’s margin of victory and Dr Bawumia’s early concession.
Had this been a good contest, issues would’ve gone south & it’s fairly apparent.
— Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) December 13, 2024
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