The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) for disqualifying the People’s National Convention (PNC) presidential candidate from the 2024 race.
Mahama argued that some of the candidates allowed to contest do not measure up to Bernard Mornah, whom he considers a more formidable opponent.
On September 20, the EC disqualified 11 presidential aspirants, including Bernard Mornah, for failing to meet the necessary requirements.
Speaking at a durbar in Nabullo, Sissala East, in the Upper West Region, on Sunday, October 13, Mahama accused the EC of wrongful disqualification, suggesting that the commission’s decision might not have been fair or justified.
“There are thirteen people who were qualified to be on the ballot paper. Unfortunately, our brothers in the PNC were wrongfully disqualified. I do not understand how the PNC was not allowed to be on this ballot paper.
“The PNC is a more worthy party than several parties that I see here on the ballot paper, but that is the issue we have with the Electoral Commission. Sometimes they are discriminatory.
“Because there are some people on this ballot paper who Bernard Mornah qualifies more to be here than those people. I know it will provoke controversy, but I mean it,” he stated.