We have a clear majority in parliament; nothing can change that - Asiedu Nketia
- The general secretary of the NDC has said the party won majority parliamentary seats in the just-ended general elections
- John Asiedu Nketia further repeated that the party rejected the results of the presidential race
- He said the results were fudged to favour incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo
- But, CODEO rubbished the NDC’s claim, saying the results were accurate
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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says nothing can change its majority status in the coming parliament.
According to the party, it won 140 parliamentary seats in the just-ended general elections.
Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the general secretary of the party, John Asiedu Nketia, said the NDC from available evidence “has a clear majority in parliament and nothing can change that.”
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Meanwhile, he described the declared results of the 2020 presidential race as a “charade”, reiterating the party’s rejection of the results.
“I have come to confirm that we still stand by our original position,” he stated.
Asiedu Nketia further alleged that personnel of the National Security had been deployed across the country to manufacture and change pink sheets results in favour of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
But, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) rejected the claims by the NDC that the results were fabricated.
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The local election observer said the results declared by the chairperson of the commission, Jean Mensa, were accurate and consistent with what it collated per its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology used in observing the 2020 elections.
In a statement on Thursday, December 10, 2020, CODEO said the data was thoroughly checked for “accuracy and internal consistency.”
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