Campaign manager for the NPP in the 2020 general election, Peter Mac Manu
Campaign manager for the NPP in the 2020 general election, Peter Mac Manu, says the governing party is ready to face the opposition NDC in court to defend the win of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the December 7 polls.
Speaking on Accra based Metro TV on Tuesday evening, the former NPP national chairman said “there is no question about the fact that Nana Addo won the presidential election. No question!”
Mr Mac Manu was responding to allegations by the opposition NDC that the December 7 election was rigged for President Akufo-Addo.
President Akufo-Addo polled 6,730,413, representing 51.302 per cent of the valid votes cast, against Mr Mahama’s 6,213,182, representing 47.359 per cent. The NPP also won a marginal majority in Parliament with 137 seats against the NDC’s 136 and one independent, with the result of Sene West outstanding.
The flagbearer of the NDC, former President John Mahama, has alleged that the election was stolen by the Electoral Commission for President Akufo-Addo. However, all attempts and advice from voices of reason to get him to use legitimate means to seek redress appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
Insight
Offering insight into the conviction of the NPP that it won the election, Mr Mac Manu said the party managed to collate the results of the 7 polls together in record time and is therefore ready to face any person who has issues with the results.
He revealed that right from when the results started trickling in, President Akufo-Addo led till they finished collating and arrived at the percentage that was announced.
He also disclosed that they were in touch with Nana Akufo-Addo and periodically updated him on the results.
Account
The IT manager of the NPP, Joe Anokye, who was also on the same show, gave a comprehensive account of how the party had its figures which convinced it that it had won the 2020 elections emphatically.
Displaying evidence of pink sheets and other useful materials to defend the party’s position as the winners, Mr Anokye thoroughly explained how the party received results from polling stations, constituency collation centres and certified regional results.
Mr Anokye, in his breakdown of the figures, explained why it was impossible for the party to pad figures as being alleged by the NDC.
He therefore urged political parties in the country to invest in their IT department to avoid making unnecessary allegations in subsequent elections.
“I wish that all political parties will, for the sake of democracy in Ghana, invest in technology to advance accountability and also to ensure that at the end of the day we are all seeing the same numbers. I think it’s good for democracy,” he said.
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