Photo: Edward Mahama
Dr. Edward Mahama, the flag bearer and presidential candidate of People's National Convention (PNC), has said that going ahead with
the December 7th election will put him and other candidates who were disqualified and
later reinstated by the Electoral Commission (EC) at a disadvantage.
Stated, "We've
been denied six weeks of active campaigning because we were fighting in
court so the election must be postponed so it will be fair if the
election is postponed so that we the reinstated candidates have time to
campaign too", he said this on a radio station, Asempa FM in Accra.
Apart from being disadvantaged from enough campaign time, he also claimed the voters’ register was bloated and not credible for this election.
"The
2016 voter register is fraudulent and bloated. It will not make the
process fair and since about "54% of Ghanaians are expecting violence in
this year's election. It's good the election is postponed", he added.
His
views were echoed by the PPP's policy advisor, Kofi Siaw Asamoah, who
said the EC had not been fair in its application of the electoral laws.
"If we want a free and fair election, there should be a postponement
and new voter register", adding that the "16 million names on the voter
register makes it susceptible to rigging and padding".
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