Few hours to Ghana’s most anticipated elections, former President, John Dramani Mahama is complaining bitterly about attempts by the Electoral Commission to rig the election.
He alleges that the NDC which he leads has reported several cases of exposed validating stamps, yet they have refused to issue a directive to their staff to stop disclosing details of validating stamps.
John Dramani Mahama who made these allegations in a post shared via social media said such exposure allows the party that has printed fake ballot papers to produce similar stamps to use in order to achieve a semblance of validity.
He has therefore called on the National Peace Council, Religious and Traditional Leaders, Civil Society, the International Community and the Election Observer Missions to call the Electoral Commission to order.
Read His Statement Below
With less than 24 hours to go, it has become obvious that the Electoral Commission is determined to aid the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the elections. But they will fail because the people of Ghana are determined to vote for change and protect their ballots.
Since Thursday night, the National Democratic Congress has reported several cases of exposed Validating Stamps to the Commission yet they have refused to issue a clear and unambiguous directive to stop their staff from disclosing the identities and details of the validating stamps ahead of tomorrow’s general elections.
Such an exposure allows the party that has printed fake ballot papers to produce similar stamps to use in order to achieve a semblance of validity.
An internal memo of the Commission dated 10th October 2024 gives away their well calculated plot to aid ballot stuffing by exposing the serial numbers of the validating stamp before voting day, tomorrow.
I call on the National Peace Council, Religious and Traditional Leaders, Civil Society, the International Community and the Election Observer Missions to call the Electoral Commission to order.
