The decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold a rerun of the parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the constituency has been vehemently opposed by Akua Afriyie, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North.
This announcement follows disagreements over the legitimacy of the general election results from December 7, 2024.
Afriyie voiced her profound displeasure with the EC’s decision in an open interview with Channel One Newsroom on July 2, highlighting that the election process was almost finished prior to this surprising decision.
She brought up serious concerns regarding the timing and justification for the EC’s abrupt change, pointing out that the vote count had been completed in all but three polling places.
“According to the EC, they had previously testified under oath in Parliament that only three polling stations remained to be declared. Therefore, the call for a rerun seems unjustifiable,” she stated, highlighting the inconsistencies in the EC’s actions.
Afriyie further scrutinised the integrity of the EC’s decision-making process, alleging that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) may be manipulating the situation to their advantage.
“I am not happy with it. We are not going to accept this decision. My reason is very simple. We have gone through all the collation, and we are at three polling stations for us to complete the collation and declaration, and so what changed? We had the EC coming to Parliament, swearing under oath that we have only three polling stations left, and consistently, that is what it has been so far,” she explained.
