The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) presidential candidate says it will be unfortunate if the late Madam Akua Donkor’s photo appears on the presidential election ballot on December 7, 2024.
Mr. Kofi Akpaloo has therefore maintained his call for the electoral body to reprint new presidential ballot papers without the photo of Akua Donkor of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).
The presidential candidate dismisses the argument that this will cost the country money.
In an interview with Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow radio 87.5FM, he suggested that preserving Akua Donkor’s image could influence the outcome of the election.
He stated that if a new candidate had been approved to replace Akua Donkor, the EC would have had no other option than to print new ballot papers.
‘’ Including Akua Donkor’s picture on the ballot paper will cause problems. Given that Akua Donkor is no longer alive, how will her votes be counted in the presidential polls, which are calculated by percentage?
Should votes cast for her be nullified or counted? We recommend the EC reprint ballot papers excluding Akua Donkor’s picture to prevent a losing candidate from contesting the results based on percentage discrepancies.’’
Will we vote and count votes for a ghost? Those who claim this would be expensive have no idea what they are saying. Why are we rushing around and refusing to do what is right? The best way to deal with this is to exclude her from the ballot. These are some of the things we should not encourage, especially as we litigate every aspect of our electoral processes.
Whatever the case may be, we are going to spend money, so we should do the right thing and print a new ballot without her photo. Is this how we will handle the situation if someone from the NDC or NPP dies? We should not deal with this with our emotions, but with the law.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
