Dr.
Mahama Tia Kabiru, the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Walewale, has pledged to accept the results of the rerun election, provided it is conducted in a free and fair manner.
His comment comes after the High Court in Tamale in a ruling on Monday, September 2, nullified the results of the party's parliamentary primary in the constituency, and ordered a rerun of the election.
Speaking to the media on the sideline of the election, Dr Kabiru affirmed his readiness to embrace the decision of the electorate, provided the process is transparent and devoid of any interference. "Of course.
I am a sportsman, this is an election.
If you've never lost an election, if you've never presented yourself for election, if you are afraid of defeat, you should not be engaged in this exercise.
Defeat is part and parcel of this exercise. "We cannot tell the voter's mind by their facial expression, right?
They may be saying something different and their heart will be something different.
So for me, if the processes are fair, if the processes are without any hitches.
Hitches in a sense that they are not obvious, human deliberate intervention to make sure that someone is first changed.
Why not?
That's the will of the people. "I mean, I'll be the first person to accept that…We are here again and the people will decide.
If they decide, who am I to think I will not accept that," he asked.
Meanwhile, Monday's rerun scheduled to take place at Walewale Park was changed to the Walewale Pentecost Church along the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway without informing the candidates, a decision that left Dr.
Kabiru expressing concerns.
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