Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission is set to appear before Parliament this week over the Ablekuma North election dispute.
The Ablekuma North Constituency has remained without a Member of Parliament since the December 7 general elections.
It will be recalled, that the collation of Ablekuma North constituency results on January 8, 2025, at the electoral commission’s old office could not be concluded because three out of the 281 polling station result were outstanding.
The Electoral Commission was not able to collate the Ablekuma North constituency results again on January 17, 2025, because some party supporters invaded the premises and destroyed some properties.
The stalled declaration has now gone past over six months.
The Minority caucus formally petitioned the Ghana Police Service, on June 4 to provide security to enable the Electoral Commission to complete the re-collation process.
Madam Jean Mensa is expected to brief the Committee of the Whole in Parliament and parliamentarians are expected to seek clarity on the situation.
Meanwhile, the youth of Ablekuma North in the Greater Accra Region have raised concern over the absence of a Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency in the 9th Parliament.
According to them, the development of the constituency will lag if the government does not address the challenges surrounding the declaration of the 2024 parliamentary results.
Some of the constituents say the absence of their representative in parliament will affect development in the constituency.
“If there is no other alternative to address the declaration of the 2024 parliamentary results in this constituency, the electoral commission should make the necessary arrangement for Ablekuma North constituency to re-run the parliamentary election again”, one youth suggested.
Another was of the view that, even though they want development in the constituency, without peace that cannot happen adding that both the NDC and NPP should understand and allow the electoral commission to complete the collation process.
