Ashanti Regional Communications Officer of the opposition National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Samed Akalilu has waded into claims that the
December 2016 elections were rigged in favour of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP).
According to him, such claims by members including some executives of
the party are unfounded and lack merit indicating that the processes
involved in conducting the election was more transparent than previous
ones.
He believes the 2016 elections could pass for Ghana’s best and was done
devoid of
the numerous cases of violent incidents and agitations but
said the NDC fail to do what was required leading to its abysmal
performance at the polls.
“The 2016 election was fair, transparent and devoid of violence as it
has always been the case. I will disagree with anyone who says the
election was rigged. This was one of the country’s best elections
considering a number of things that happened”, he said.
In his view, the NDC rather gifted the elections to Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo of the NPP through their actions citing instances where
executives failed to address pertinent issues that will inure to the
party’s victory.
“We had party communicators lacking the basic logistics to do their work
and unemployed youth searching for jobs to no avail among others
issues. Instead of working to address these challenges, we were focusing
on what I deemed as irrelevant which culminated in our defeat though
avoidable. Ballot box snatching and acrimonies at the various polling
stations as witnessed in the past were not witnessed.
I have written a comprehensive document on what led to the party’s
defeat and matters arising and will make it public at the right time” he
told Kwame Adinkra on Abusua Nkomo.
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