Chairman and aspiring flagbearer of the Individuals’s Nationwide Conference (PNC), David Apasera, has rejected the outcomes from the 2024 PNC Nationwide Congress, held to elect its nationwide executives forward of the December 7 polls.
This comes after officers from the Electoral Fee (EC) declared Bernard Mornah because the flagbearer for the celebration.
Mr Mornah garnered 1,138 votes, defeating his challenger, David Apasera, who managed to safe 216 votes.
At a press convention in Accra on Sunday, September 8, David Apasera accused the EC of conducting a fraudulent and biased election.
In response to him, Bernard Mornah and the EC conspired to undermine his candidacy and hinted at authorized motion to problem the election outcomes.
“For all intents and functions, yesterday’s purported election was fraudulent, lopsided and might by no means be free and honest. I’m conscious that Article 55 (4) of the 1992 structure requires political events to have a nationwide calendar. Which means a political celebration can’t conduct elections and have the EC declare the mentioned election when different areas had not participated in any respect in such an election.
“Sure, Western area didn’t vote in any respect, Western area didn’t vote in any respect they’d gone house, Northern area didn’t vote in any respect, they’d gone house, and I perceive a number of too they didn’t vote. Now it’s a very unhappy factor that we’ll have this nature, the EC will do what they’ve carried out,” he mentioned.
The PNC congress, which was initially scheduled to start out at 9 am, confronted delays on account of an injunction filed from David Apasera’s camp.
Nonetheless, the celebration managed to resolve the dispute, permitting the congress to proceed easily.
Mr Mornah, recognized for his activism, will face over 20 different presidential candidates together with the governing NPP Flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and NDC Flagbearer John Dramani Mahama within the December 2024 elections.
Previous to the election, Mr Mornah defined that his determination to change into President is borne out of the rising variety of Ghanaians who’ve expressed perception in his means to supply the required management to develop the nation.
“The rising variety of folks from all corners of the nation: the aged, girls, folks with incapacity however extra importantly the youth have been calling and ready for my declaration in order that they’ll begin mobilisation of each sources and votes for the mission,” he mentioned.
He mentioned what was required to raise the nation and the African continent from the unacceptable ranges of deprivation was a brave chief of character and mettle to have the ability to rise up and take management of the sources of the continent and nation for the good thing about the folks.