Apologise to Ghanaians, Supreme Court for 2020 election petition – NPP tells NDC
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has demanded an unqualified apology from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to Ghanaians and the Supreme Court for wasting their time during the 2020 election petition.
The party’s demand follows a leaked tape in which the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia revealed that the party did not have enough evidence to contest the 2020 general election results.
In the tape, Asiedu Nketia was heard explaining to party faithful that the Director of IT failed to electronically collate the evidence the party needed to contest the outcome of the presidential election.
According to the Director of Legal Affairs for NPP, Gary Nimako Marfo the NDC knew they had no evidence but accused the court of being biased against them during the election petition.
“Post-election case, there have been comments here and there that the judges have been biased against them. When indeed you know from day one that you have no evidence at all.
“With this revelation having come out to the public domain, I think Ghanaians deserve an apology from the NDC, especially from former President Mahama to apologise to Ghanaians and the court because if they knew from day one that in fact, they had no evidence at all…yet they managed to go to court with the hope that they get Jean Mensa to mount the witness box and cross-examine her.”
“They really misled Ghanaians and their supporters and the way they treated the court. They have to eat the humble pie and apologise,” he told Ernest Kojo Manu on Joy FM’s Top Story on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba has said the party will not apologise for the 2020 election petition.
Mr. Amaliba said the party’s decision to contest the 2020 election results was justified, thus the demand for an apology is unnecessary.
“It is uncalled for, they are looking for a twin in the NDC, they can’t get that twin and no apology is going to come from anybody in the NDC,” he said.
The NDC filed an election petition after the 2020 general election accusing the Electoral Commission of stealing the election results for the NPP.
They alleged that NPP won the polls through vote padding, arithmetic and computational errors.
However, the Supreme Court gave the final verdict on March 4, in favor of President Akufo-Addo and ruled that the NDC had no basis for the petition.
Source: Ghana News
