The NDC Director of Election Monitoring, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) for attempting to claim credit for the smooth conduct of the 2024 general elections.
Speaking after the party's presidential candidate, John Mahama, was declared winner, he stressed that the integrity of the election was preserved primarily due to the vigilance of the NDC and its agents. "We have been extremely vigilant out there," Dr.
Omane Boamah said. "We sent over 1,300 people into the Ashanti region and deployed several others to areas where evidence suggested collusion between the NPP and some commission members to manipulate the process. "The outcome is great for us, and we won, but the question remains-what would have happened without these interventions?" he quizzed.
He cited specific incidents, including the mysterious printing of over 500,000 ballot papers, which necessitated the reprinting of ballots for the Eastern and Western regions. "Who printed those ballots?