Former President John Dramani Mahama cannot comprehend why President Akufo-Addo will be preaching consensus building in respect of the new Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin who was elected from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the next day, the Police will be charging NDC parliamentarians for unlawful assembly. President Akufo-Addo in his inaugural speech on 7 December 2021 told the new speaker of parliament from the opposition side of his readiness to work with him
NDC MPs run to American, British partners over election results LISTEN 12
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Caucus in Parliament have met with their British and American partners concerning the disputed results of the December 7, 2020 general elections.
According to the North Tongu Member of Parliament of the NDC, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the meeting took place on Thursday, December 31, 2020.
He said the meeting was part of the Minority Caucus series of engagements on their fundamental concerns “about the flawed December 7, 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.”
In a post on Facebook, he noted that the Caucus under the leadership of Haruna Iddrisu and Second Deputy Speaker, Alban S.K Bagbin, presented evidence and the basis for the NDC s rejection of the multiple results declared by the EC for the presidential contest “and the dubious parliamentary declarations particularly in Techiman South and Sefwi Wiawso.”
Minority will use legitimate means to resist subversion of the people’s will – Ablakwa
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The North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the Minority Caucus in Parliament will use every legitimate means to overturn the parliamentary results of the December 7 Polls.
This follows a presentation of its evidence of rigging in the December 7 general elections to envoys of international partners from the United States of America and The United Kingdom.
The group, led by Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Second Deputy Speaker, Alban S.K. Bagbin, justified Mr. Mahama’s decision to challenge the presidential election results and the parliamentary declarations in Techiman South and Sefwi Wiawso.
There was no results collation in Techiman South – Samson Ayenini confirms According to the lawyer, this is violation of a requirement by Regulation 43 of C.I. 127. The EC has stated that the NPP’s candidate Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah won with 49,682 votes representing 50.2 percent of the total valid vote cast, whilst the NDC’s candidate Christopher Beyere Baasongti had 49,205 votes representing 49.8 percent of the total valid votes cast. On this basis, the NPP’s candidate was declared the MP-elect for Techiman South. The opposition NDC, on the other hand, has served notice it will not sit quietly over “the travesty of justice” that threatens to deny its parliamentary candidate for Techiman South in the 2020 general election, Christopher Beyere Baasongti the right to represent the people of the constituency in parliament.
The constituency has been in the news following chaotic scenes recorded during the just-ended elections which resulted in the death of some three persons.
The EC however went ahead to declare that the New Patriotic Party’s candidate Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah won with 49,682 votes representing 50.2 percent of the total valid vote cast, whilst the NDC’s candidate Christopher Beyere Baasongti had 49,205 votes representing 49.8 percent of the total valid votes cast.
The declaration met opposition from the NDC which has vowed not to allow “the travesty of justice” to prevail.
At a press conference last week, the Minority Caucus in Parliament said a simple collation of all polling station results in the constituency shows Beyere won the seat by 293 votes, polling 50,306 votes against the ruling New Patriotic Party’s Martin Kwaku Korsah’s 50,013.