Disqualification of Madam Joana Gyan reveals EC’s intent to rig 2024 elections – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lambasted the actions of the Electoral Commission (EC), stating that it has an intent to rig the 2024 elections through legal trickery.

According the NDC’s General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey the EC disqualifying their parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central, Joana Gyan Cudjoe based on an injunction that the EC is unaware whether it has been stayed or vacated is proof of a dangerous intent to rig the upcoming elections through legal trickery and administrative subterfuge.

Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, cited SALL case as one of the misconducts of the EC, emphasizing it is unfit to referee the democratic process of Ghana.

He said “The people of Ghana must not be fooled. The disqualification of Madam Joana Gyan Cudjoe is part of a broader pattern of misconduct by an Electoral Commission that has shown time and again that it is unfit to referee the democratic process.

“From SALL to Amenfi Central, the EC’s actions reveal a dangerous intent to rig elections not through the ballot box, but through legal trickery and administrative subterfuge.

“This latest travesty must not be allowed to stand. If we do not stop the EC now, then tomorrow it could be your constituency, your representative, your right to vote that is denied.”

“To further expose the wicked agenda of the Jean Mensa-led EC, it has emerged that the Electoral Commission showed its true intentions when it issued the letter of disqualification on 10th October 2024, a full six days before even bothering to check whether the injunction had been stayed or vacated.

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“This blatant disregard for due process is a clear indication of their bad faith. It wasn’t until October 16, that the EC wrote to the Sekondi High Court to inquire about the status of the injunction, a desperate and shameful attempt to justify an unlawful decision after the facet.”

Meanwhile the NDC has filed an injunction on the printing of parliamentary ballot papers for Amenfi Central constituency until the issued related to the disqualification are duly resolved.