The controversy surrounding the 2012
general elections refuses to die with the unearthing of one anomaly or
the other each passing week.
Now it appears the Electoral
Commission (EC) has changed the figures put out in the public domain
when it announced the results of the presidential elections on December
9, 2012.
Apart from the allegations of fraud and manipulation of
figures made by the various opposition parties including the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) which has threatened legal action against the
Electoral Commission, Daily Guide has uncovered some discrepancies in
the figures declared by Chairman of the EC, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan on
December 9th as the truly certified results of the elections and another
posted on the official website of the Commission, www.ec.gov.gh
The
alleged changes involved a difference in the total number of
‘registered voters’ and the percentage ‘turnout’ during the polls.
Whilst
Dr. Afari-Gyan announced a total of 14,158,890 as registered voters on
the day he declared the results of the elections, a visit to the EC’s
official website indicates that a total of 14,031,793 Ghanaians
registered to vote with a difference of a whopping 127,097.
During
the declaration of results, Chairman of the EC indicated a total of
10,995,262 as ‘valid votes’, 251,720 as ‘rejected votes’, 11,246,982 as
votes cast, 14,158,890 as registered voters and 275 constituencies with a
turnout of 79.43%.
However, these figures are entirely different
from the one on its own website which indicates that a percentage of
people who turned out to vote and actually voted were 80.15%.
This
latest twists have started raising mind-boggling questions and
suspicion among political observers, especially political parties who
have expressed concerns about some of the figures declared by the EC, as
the truly certified results.
This intermittent change in figures
on the website of the EC is what keeps people wondering whether it is a
deliberate ploy to confuse Ghanaians or some unseen hands are at play.
“The
EC has indicated that it has gazetted the results of the presidential
elections; but we are not sure of the results gazetted,” a source told
Daily Guide yesterday.
source: Daily Guide
