Only the courts can order "auditing of pink sheets" -Mahama told

Following the Flagbearer of the Opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama’s call that he will accept the results of the recent elections only after an independent forensic investigation has been undertaken to confirm the veracity of the results, the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) believes this will only be possible if the NDC goes to the law court.


Responding to questions at a Press Conference by the IDEG and the CFI on the “Matters Arising from the 7th December, 2020 General Elections and the urgency for the aggrieved parties to remain calm, maintain peace and resort to the law for recourse”, the Chairman of the Civic Forum Initiative, Maj. Gen. Carl Coleman said, the court is the court is the best avenue to demand Auditing of pink sheets.


“If they are calling for audit and they are suer that they have their pink sheets as they claim to have, then they should go to the court for the court to give that order for the audit to be performed. We can only advice that this may be an option. I believe that the appropriate forum will be the court.” – He advised

The Executive Director, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey, also added that, the EC should make a room to listen to the NDC.


“If the EC would also listen and find a nice way of responding, that would be helpful but we should also entertain the possibility that it might not,” he said.


He advised the NDC to take it to court if that room is not created for them.


“What do we do? We’ve been also guided by what happened in 2013 that audit of some of the ballots was authorised by the court and our understanding is that every decision the EC makes is grounded in law and the results are Gazetted so it takes the constitutional court to interpreted what needs to be done otherwise the EC keeps saying I am independent so it is the court that power and authority.” – Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey added.


The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) which the umbrella of over 25 CSOs and Faith Based organizations, also urged the Ghana Police Service to give adequate security and protection to Demonstrators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as they continue to convince them (NDC) to go court.


The Executive Director of The Ark Foundation and member of the Civic Forum Initiative, Dr. Angela Dwamena-Aboagye who read the release said, “We urge the sympathizers of the NDC to secure Police Protection for their demonstrations.

Again, we ask the Police to respect the right of the members of the NDC to protest, and protect them.” – the release

Ghana/ Atinkaonline.com/ Ebenezer Kewaw Madugu

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