Ex-president John Kufuor is unhappy with the conduct of
the Electoral Commission in the 2012 elections, saying it should be
held responsible for any acts of violence and not political
parties.
The former president said this when the AU chairman and
president of Benin, Yayi Boni paid a courtesy call on him at his
residence on Monday.
The AU chair wanted ex-president Kufuor to prevail on the New
Patriotic Party flagbearer Nana
Akufo-Addo to concede defeat in a closely fought election which saw
the NPP candidate lose by a little over 300,000 votes to the
incumbent, President John Mahama.
But the ex-president said Nana Akufo-Addo feels cheated in an
election dogged with several manipulations of figures.
Joy News’ Manasseh Awuni Azure who was present at the meeting
reported the ex-president as saying that the Electoral Commission
should be held responsible for any acts of violence and not the
politician.
Mr Kufuor said the NPP has enough evidence to show that
figures were massaged to favour the
ruling party.
According to him, in one of the constituencies, as many as
16,000 votes were added to a political party’s candidate to shore
up figures and to guarantee victory in the election.
He said these manipulations cannot be swept under the carpet,
adding, the party will provide evidence sooner than
later.
Mr Kufuor said the country has invested over 100 million
cedis in the EC to conduct peaceful
and fair elections but the happenings during and the after the elections have not justified the
investment made in them.
He said the EC for the past two years acted as though it was
above the law, a position which should not be tolerated.
