Minority MPs didn t give prior notice for presentation of petition – EC LISTEN
DEC 23, 2020
The Electoral Commission (EC) has debunked allegations that it outrightly refused to receive the petition from the Minority Caucus in Parliament.
Explaining why no officials were available to recieve the petition, the commission said it was given too short a notice by the Minority.
“For the record, the Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that it did not receive prior notice of the said presentation of the petition from the Minority Caucus,” it said in a statement.
“Indeed, the Electoral Commission later learned that the Minority in Parliament delivered the said letter informing the Electoral Commission of its intended presentation scheduled for today Tuesday the 22nd of December at 10:08 this morning.”
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Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has hinted his side of the House will not participate in the inauguration of President Nana Akufo-Addo for a second term in office unless parliamentary results at Techiman South are re-collated.
The president is due to be sworn in on 7th of January 2021 before parliamentarians at Parliament house.
Meanwhile, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Techiman South constituency, Christopher Baayire, says the NDC won the seat by more than 700 votes.
He said a simple re-collation will reveal the NDC won. He served notice there will be more protests in the area unless that re-collation happens.
The Electoral Commission (EC) says its office was not “
properly” informed of the Minority in Parliament s desire to lay a petition before them over the December 7, election brouhaha.
The commission, in a statement said report indicating that they refused to meet with the minority as scheduled is ‘untrue’.
“The attention of the Electoral Commission has been drawn to a statement by the Minority in Parliament, alleging a refusal of the Commission’s Chairperson to receive a petition from the Minority Caucus in Parliament.”
“For the record, the Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that it did not receive prior notice of the said presentation of the petition from the Minority Caucus,” the statement said.