CDD-Ghana Questions EC’s U-Turn on Ablekuma North Rerun

Paul Nana Kwabena Aborampah Mensah, the Programme Manager for Security Sector Governance at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has expressed shock over the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to organize a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency.

Aborampah Mensah said the EC’s latest decision contradicts its earlier communication while reacting to the news on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey on Thursday, July 3.

“I was a bit amazed and shocked when I heard and I read the press statement. I say this because of multiple communications from the Electoral Commission prior to this release,” he said.

According to him, the EC had previously maintained that only three polling stations were outstanding, and that measures were in place to collate those results.

“One on radio, letters, first letter to Dampare to provide security for them to collate the outstanding three and to them they had all the things that enabled them to collate the others, the only outstanding of the three, one to Yuhuno when he took over from Dampare,” he noted.

He further referenced a meeting between EC Commissioner Bossman Asare and Parliament, during which the EC reiterated that only three polling stations were pending collation.

“The third one was Bossman Asare meeting with Parliament and repeating the stand of the Electoral Commission that they were left with only three outstanding stations to collate.

“So I was surprised of the U-turn when I saw and read the statement yesterday,” he added.

The Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, July 2, announced a fresh parliamentary election in 19 polling stations in Ablekuma North.

The rerun is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, following months of unresolved tension between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the disputed 2024 parliamentary results in the constituency.

Source: Liberalprint.com