Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has vowed the party will firmly resist any attempts to tamper with the integrity of the upcoming December 7th elections, particularly through ballot paper stuffing.
During a rally in Sagnarigu, part of his Northern Regional tour, Mr. Mahama recounted an incident where an NDC representative was almost attacked while overseeing ballot paper printing the previous day.
He emphasized that intimidation tactics like these will not deter the NDC, reaffirming the party’s commitment to ensuring a fair and transparent electoral process.
“This election, we are going to make sure that it is transparent and fair. In the past, we have always trusted that everybody who is a stakeholder in the election will behave in a neutral and non-partisan manner. But it doesn’t always work.
“In 2020, when we went to supervise the printing of the ballot papers after we had finished, we packed them, signed them, and our agents left the printing press.
After, they started printing ballots, and some of these papers found their way into the hands of the NPP”, Mr. Mahama stated.
He continued: “On election day, we caught NPP agents with ballot papers in their hands.
We reported them to the police, but nothing happened. So, for these elections, we are not taking any chances.
Just yesterday, one of our election supervisors went to one of the printing houses, and an NPP person came there and wanted to assault him.”
