Inusah Fuseini, former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of leading Ghana into a constitutional crisis with its attitude towards the handling of the disputed parliamentary election results.
Speaking on Joy News on December 28, he voiced concerns over the EC’s repeated changes to the election outcomes, calling it a highly incompetent action that threatens the stability of the nation.
“The court never pronounced on whether or not the EC can declare and change the results five times. This matter is very important for our democracy and the condition of our country. It is only by God’s grace that the people of this country are God-loving and have elected democracy as a form of government over any other government,” Fuseni remarked.
He emphasized the gravity of the situation, cautioning that the EC’s conduct could incite widespread public outrage.
“The conduct of the EC, which is highly incompetent, could throw this country into a mess, and people could rise up against the EC and this country, and this country will be in flames,” he warned.
His comments follow the re-collation of Parliamentary results for nine constituencies where seven were declared in favour of the New Patriotic Party, whereas the NDC prosecuted and presented the cases before the Supreme Court.
In response to this, the Supreme Court quashed results from the re-collation of votes in constituencies such as Tema Central, Ablekuma North, Techiman South, and Okaikwei Central.
The Court’s decision was based on the fact that the trial judge had violated the right to a hearing for the NDC Parliamentary candidates, who had petitioned the High Court.
However, the Court clarified that its ruling would not affect the results for Ahafo Ano North and Nsawam Adoagyiri.
Fuseni also expressed dissatisfaction with the EC’s rush to re-collate the disputed results. “It appears to me that we ought not to have been in any rush at all into re-collating the results of the disputed constituencies,” he stated, suggesting that the matter could have been handled more carefully.
He further criticized the EC for what he saw as a conflict of interest. “We have been put into a constitutional crisis today because the EC appears to be the interested party in this case,” Fuseni said.
