The Electoral Commission of Ghana has stated that, they are confident of declaring the results for the 2020 Presidential election today, even if there are some results left.
This follows the failure of the Commission to meet an earlier 24-hour deadline announced by Chairperson, Jean Mensa.
Addressing a press conference where the Commission apologized for the delay, the Deputy Chairman in-charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Eric Asare Bossman said the results will be declared, and with or without the total figures from some two remaining regions.
These two regions, with 18 and 11 constituencies, are said to be the cause of the delay, hence, the resolution to go ahead with or without their full results
Giving more details, Dr. Bossman explained that, if the time comes for the commission to declare the results and with the 18 constituencies, about 17 or 16 results are ready, and the other constituencies with 11, about 10 or 9 are ready and analysis is done and they realize the remaining will not affect the outcome of the elections, “what it means is that we will go ahead and declare.”
“And as a Commission, we will come back to revise the numbers once we have them available. This is a standard which is done during election,” Dr. Bossman added.
He also stated that the Commission has so far received collated results from 14 regions and it’s working with agents from the various political parties to accumulate the results from the two left.
Meanwhile, ahead of the declaration by the Election Commission, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Aseidu Nketia, has asked supporters to pour out onto the streets and jubilate because their party has won the just-ended 2020 elections.
Mr. Nketia noted that despite the NDC’s belief that it has won the polls, the Akufo-Addo-led government is attempting to use the military to change the results in their favour.
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Source: News agencies
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