NDC snubs IPAC meeting as relationship with EC worsens

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday, April 21 declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to attend a meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on the December 7, 2020 elections.

According to the NDC, the decision to boycott the meeting is as a result of the “lack of candour, odious duplicity, and open bias that was displayed by the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission in favor of the New Patriotic Party in the conduct of the 2020 general elections”.

A statement signed by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia on Wednesday, April 21 said the party views the current leadership of the EC as lacking the integrity, credibility and impartiality to lead any discussions or review of last year’s elections.

“The NDC has thoroughly examined the dubious role the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission played in the rigging of the 2020 general Elections,” it said.

“Moving forward, the party shall review its working relationship with the electoral management body and take appropriate steps to forestall the rigging of any future Elections in the country.”

Find the statement below:

NDC BOYCOTTS IPAC MEETING ON THE REVIEW OF THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to attend an IPAC meeting to review the 2020 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections which was scheduled for today, Wednesday 21st April, 2020.

The party took this decision because of the the lack of candor, odious duplicity, and open bias that was displayed by the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission in favor of the New Patriotic Party in the conduct of the 2020 general elections.

It is the considered view of the NDC, that the current leadership of the Electoral Commission who supervised the manipulation of the 2020 general elections and the stolen verdict that resulted from same, lack the integrity, credibility and impartiality to lead any such discussions or review of the very elections they rigged.

The NDC has thoroughly examined the dubious role the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission played in the rigging of the 2020 general Elections. Moving forward, the party shall review its working relationship with the electoral management body and take appropriate steps to forestall the rigging of any future Elections in the country.

Signed.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah
General Secretary