John Boadu, NPP General Secretary
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday said that apart from knowing very well that it had won 137 parliamentary seats in the just-ended parliamentary elections, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was also expected to win the presidential election.
This was disclosed by the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu, at a press conference yesterday.
He insisted that “there is clear undisputed evidence available in constituencies across the country” that the NPP was winning both the presidential and parliamentary elections held last Monday.
As things stood, the NPP General Secretary said his party was only restraining itself from using its figures to declare the election for its presidential candidate.
In contrast, Mr Boadu said the same figures available to the NPP showed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had won 132 seats, even though the NDC had also claimed it has won 140 seats to form the majority party in Parliament.
The NPP’s figures had not been independently verified.
EC urges calm
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) had urged the parties to refrain from making results declarations.
“Candidates, their supporters, the media and public are urged to desist from declaring Presidential election results as this is in contravention of the law and a threat to the peace and stability of the nation,” it said.
The NDC had previously come out to say it was going to have the Majority in Parliament with 140 parliamentary seats.
“There is clear undisputed evidence available in constituencies across the country, including, for example, 20 constituencies in the Central Region that we lost some. In Central Region, so far we have 10 parliamentary candidates. That is not contestable at all. But we won 20 of the constituencies in the presidential,” Mr Boadu said during his address.
He further criticised the NDC for its projections in the general elections.
“They (NDC) should refrain from exaggeration and falsely claiming a parliamentary majority they do not have and are not likely to have.”
Mr Boadu also said the NDC was sowing seeds of tension amid the polls.
“We call on the NDC to refrain from the continuous concoction of non-existent violence and concocting extreme apprehension,” he added.
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