The Electoral Commission (EC) has requested a maximum of 24 hours to complete the results for the Ablekuma North constituency, assuring stakeholders that the process is being conducted in compliance with legal standards.
This was disclosed by the Director of Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako, who urged supporters and stakeholders to respect the rules of the electoral process during this period.
“The EC has informed us that we need to give them no more than 24 hours to complete this exercise. We urge our supporters and all stakeholders to respect the rules of the game. We are still guided by the Electronic Transactions Act, and at this point, the EC does not disagree that a soft copy is an acceptable form of document that can be used,” Evans Nimako stated in an interview after the relocation of the collation was postponed.
“We are confident that our soft copy and scanned copy will meet the criteria set by the EC, in conformity with the law. We will continue to abide by this, and we thank you for your cooperation,” he added.
Background
The re-collation follows a High Court ruling on Saturday, January 4, which granted an application by the NPP seeking to compel the EC to complete the collation of parliamentary results for the constituency.
Justice Forson Agyapong, who presided over the case, ruled in favor of the NPP, issuing an order of mandamus that compelled the EC to complete the collation process.
In his judgment, Justice Agyapong stated that the EC had failed to collate results from 31 outstanding polling stations in the constituency, which was a breach of its obligations.
The court subsequently ordered the EC to collate the results from the remaining polling stations and incorporate them into the already collated figures.
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