The Minority in Parliament has vowed to resist any attempt to force a rerun of the parliamentary elections in the Ablekuma North Constituency, which remains without representation in the 9th Parliament due to unresolved electoral processes.
On Wednesday, 4th June, Members of Parliament from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) staged a protest, marching from Parliament House to the Ghana Police Service Headquarters in Accra. Their demand: that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) deploy adequate security to allow the collation of election results to resume and conclude without further delay.
Ablekuma North was among a few constituencies whose results were not finalised after the last general election. The Electoral Commission (EC) has cited a lack of adequate security as the main reason for the delay in concluding the collation, a claim that has frustrated opposition MPs.
Reading a petition on behalf of the Minority, Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh stated: “Our demands are still simple and straightforward. The continuous disfranchisement of the people of Ablekuma North represents not only a denial of their constitutional right to representation but also an affront to the democratic principles in the 1992 Constitution.”
He further called on the Police to act swiftly: “Take immediate steps without any further delay to deploy adequate security personnel to the Electoral Commission at its designated collation centre, and ensure an enabling environment for the peaceful and lawful conclusion and declaration of the Ablekuma North results.”
Meanwhile, the NPP parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, who joined the protest, insists she won the election legitimately. She dismissed any suggestions of a rerun as politically motivated and baseless.
“If you were the one who won, would you say they should rerun? We know the King Solomon issue. We won the election and so there isn’t going to be any rerun. We have the pink sheets, we have every evidence. We have collated with their (NDC) agent six times, and this is where we are. So if you were the one who won, would you suggest there should be a rerun?” she queried.
The situation in Ablekuma North continues to raise constitutional concerns, with growing pressure on both the EC and the Ghana Police Service to resolve the impasse and restore full parliamentary representation for the constituency.
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