Ahead of the December 7 General Election, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has stated that he will only accept the election results if the process is transparent and credible.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mahama expressed concerns about the fairness of the electoral process and emphasized that he would not accept the outcome if the election was tainted by violence or irregularities.
He highlighted the importance of ensuring a free and fair election, noting that the integrity of the process is crucial for the country’s democracy.
“If on the election day, there is widespread ballot snatching, beating of people and the military moving in and intimidating people and thugs are all over the place, rampaging the place, you want me to accept that result? It will depend on the transparency and the fairness of the process,” he stated.
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Meanwhile, Abraham Amaliba, the Director of Conflict Resolution for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said that the party’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, signed the 2024 election peace pact under protest.
This development follows Mahama’s commitment to the peace agreement on Thursday, November 28, 2024, despite the NDC initially signalling that they would not participate in the pact.
The peace accord, a customary gesture by the flagbearers of contesting presidential candidates, aims to ensure violence-free elections in Ghana.
Speaking on The Big Issues on Channel One TV on Saturday, November 30, 2024, Amaliba explained that Mahama’s decision to sign the peace pact was not a simple endorsement.
He emphasized that the act was done under protest, reflecting the party’s reservations about certain aspects of the agreement.
“He has this goodwill from the international countries so, to have a peace pact being signed in your own country where you are an ambassador to ECOWAS, AU, and you say you will not sign, is a bit incongruous. So, clearly, by his nature, he went to sign. But you notice that insigning, I will say he signed under protest.
When you listen to this statement, he asked, ‘We have been signing this peace pact in 2017, Awayaso West Wuogon, state agents maimed and attacked innocent people who were going about their electoral work. Then he cited the eight people who were killed in the 2020 elections’
“In all this, he tried to say that we can sign this peace pact, but if the government of the day fails to do its responsibility, we will still come back to square zero,” he stated.
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