EC finally receives NDC’s petition on Techiman South election results

The legislators were met with resistance from some police officers who applied some force to stop them from going to the premises of the EC.

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak who led the NDC MPs expressed their displeasure about the way they were handled, vowing that they will not give audience to the Electoral Commission in the 8th Parliament.

They claimed that the EC had disrespected them by failing to receive their petition.

The EC later in a press release said no official was available to receive the petition because the minority failed to give them prior notice of their action.

Haruna Iddrisu in a letter accompanying the petition expressed regret that the minority caucus was not given access to the EC’s premises and that no official was on hand to receive in hand the petition earlier.

The minority in the six-pager petition is asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate the Techiman South Constituency Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Results from all the Two Hundred and Sixty-Six (266) Polling stations.

The Minority is also demanding that “that pursuant to regulation 43 (2) of C.I. 127, the endorsed writ, gazette notification and notice to Clerk of Parliament be amended accordingly to reflect the true state of affairs.”