The flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has raised concerns over the Electoral Commission’s (EC) failure to specify the type of error that led to his disqualification from the 2024 presidential election.
In an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Monday, Mr. Mornah criticized the EC’s decision to disqualify him and ten other candidates, stating that the Commission did not give clear details about the alleged error.
“The EC made mistakes on their own forms, but we are not allowed to make any. What is the error they are talking about? Is it a data entry error? Is it an error of composition? How come those errors were not presented in court?” he questioned.
Following the High Court’s dismissal of his suit aimed at overturning the EC’s decision, Mr. Mornah announced that he would file a petition at the Supreme Court.
He expressed frustration with the judge’s ruling, particularly the expectation that he should have known what error the EC referred to without it being specified.
“The judge wanted me to be a wizard to know the EC’s error when they themselves didn’t make it clear,” Mr. Mornah remarked.
He pointed out that, the EC failed to reference the incomplete particulars mentioned in its communication, making the judge’s decision based on the EC’s letter from the 13th even more perplexing.
“The letter on the 13th didn’t disqualify me, but the one on the 20th did. Yet, we weren’t given any opportunity to be heard. That’s where the travesty is,” Mr. Mornah explained, noting that the lack of a fair hearing was troubling.
He also alleged that the EC had already made up its mind to exclude him from the election.
“They have already written it—that we won’t be part of the election. But we’re going to the Supreme Court, and my lawyers are working on it,” he stated.
Mr. Mornah urged Ghanaians to see him as a victim of the system.
“They are using me to make a point. The people of Ghana should see me as a saint,” he said, adding that his background in accounting means he understands that errors can happen, but without knowing the type of error, it’s impossible to fix it.
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