Mahama requests for independent audit of Election results
The mistakes my party has observed cannot be overlooked.
Jonas Danquah 
The Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it is necessary for them to run an independent audit of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) election figures to settle the uneasiness over the election results.
According to him, the EC has shown incompetence following the constant change of figures achieved in the just ended polls.
“With the incompetence, the EC has shown, it will be useful for us to do a forensic audit of the EC’s own systems and numbers to come to what the final number from the EC is,” Mr. Mahama said in an interview with VOA News.
“This election, she can’t even get the results right. The declaration is all over the place,” he added.
The originality of the results released by the Electoral Commission has been questioned by some viewers following the revision of the total valid votes declared by the EC on December 9, 2020, which was later found to have errors.
Mr. John Dramani Mahama mentioned that the mistakes his party has observed cannot be overlooked.
“The way they have conducted this election; the government, President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission, is a dent to our democratic credentials.”
He affairmed that the audit will be very necessary to “bring closure to this by seeing exactly where the issues are.”
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Mr. Mahama, has however, assured that if the independent audit done by the EC is agreeable he will walk away.
He said “I’ll be the first to concede and walk away.”
“As long as that is not done and we know there was a deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people in favor of the incumbent, it will be wrong for me to just leave it because we will not learn the lessons of this election.”
However the NDC members believe that the figures acquired from the election was tempered with to favor their rival, the NPP.
The Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it is necessary for them to run an independent audit of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) election figures to settle the tensions over the election results.
According to him, the EC has shown incompetence following the constant change of figures achieved in the just ended polls.
“With the incompetence, the EC has shown, it will be useful for us to do a forensic audit of the EC’s own systems and numbers to come to what the final number from the EC is,” Mr. Mahama said in an interview with VOA News.
“This election, she can’t even get the results right. The declaration is all over the place,” he added.
The originality of the results released by the Electoral Commission has been questioned by some viewers following the revision of the total valid votes declared by the EC on December 9, 2020, which was later found to have errors.
Mr. John Dramani Mahama mentioned that the lapses his party has observed cannot be overlooked.
“The way they have conducted this election; the government, President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission, is a dent to our democratic credentials.”
He affairmed that the audit will be very necessary to “bring closure to this by seeing exactly where the issues are.”
Mr. Mahama, has however, assured that if the independent audit done by the EC is agreeable, he will walk away.
He said “I’ll be the first to concede and walk away.”
“As long as that is not done and we know there was a deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people in favor of the incumbent, it will be wrong for me to just leave it because we will not learn the lessons of this election.”
However the NDC members believe that the figures acquired during the election was tempered with to favor their rival, the NPP.
