National Peace Council Urges Political Parties To Withdraw Supporters From Collation Centre
- The National Peace Council, in a press statement, urged the NPP and NDC to withdraw their supporters from the EC's Collation Centre
- The Council said the Election Situation Room had expressed concerns about the two parties' decisions, which would affect the commission
- National Peace Council urged the two parties to respect the electoral rules and allow the Electoral Commission to focus on delivering a free, fair and transparent election
The National Peace Council has urged the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to withdraw their supporters from the Election collation centre.
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In a press statement, the Council, in association with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and its partners in the Election Situation Room, noted that it had heard both parties' attempts to get their supporters to converge at the collation centre to protect the ballot boxes and avoid alleged rigging.
The National Peace Council said that the Election Situation Room had expressed concerns about the two parties' decisions, which could affect the Electoral Commission's ability to effectively carry out its electoral duties.
The Council urged the two parties to respect the electoral rules and allow the Electoral Commission to focus on delivering a free, fair and transparent election.
The National Peace Council's call comes after the NDC Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi, in a press conference, urged the party's supporters to comply with the electoral guidelines and troop to various collation centres to monitor the collation of results.
Below is the National Peace Council's press statement:
NDC's collation predicts John Mahama lead
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) announced that their internal collation indicated a comfortable lead for flagbearer John Dramani Mahama over Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
The NDC's collation indicated that John Mahama had attained 56% of the valid votes compared to the 41% the New Patriotic Party and Dr Bawumia garnered.
Publishing the figures gathered by the NDC, Woezor TV indicated that the results were collated from almost 37,000 out of the 40,976 polling stations.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
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