The People’s National Convention (PNC) has disclosed that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia shockingly called its flag bearer to commiserate with him after his disqualification from the 2024 presidential race.
The party says the Vice President and flag bearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), who, according to the PNC, was least expected to share in their misery, was the one that reached out to them.
According to the Chairman of the party, Samson Asake Awingobit, the party, after being tagged as an ally of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), was expecting the NDC leadership to reach out to them.
But rather, it was the NPP flag bearer who called Mr. Mornah to say some words of consolation to him.
“Could you imagine that since the time we did our election, the filing of our nomination and the Electoral Commission disqualified us, people who believe that my candidate, Bernard Mornah, is an ally to the NDC, could you believe nobody from the NDC, not even President Mahama, or Asiedu Nketia, or Fifi Kwetey or Omane Boamah – none of them called Bernard Mornah to sympathise with us,” he said in an interview on Accra-based Asempa FM Wednesday, September 09, 2024.
He alleged that the leadership had earlier thought that the PNC’s disqualification from the race was an orchestration by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executed by the Electoral Commission (EC).
But, Awingobit says the party was shocked that the flag bearer of the NPP and Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, rather called to commiserate with them.
“You know who called? I had a cold when he [Benard Mornah] told me. He said it was the New Patriotic Party presidential candidate, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. He was the one who rather picked up the phone.
“Even I and my leader were saying that it was NPP that made Jean Mensa disqualify us. But the one you think is your enemy is not your enemy. Dr Bawumia could pick up his phone and say my younger brother, it is well with you,” he added.
13 persons successfully passed through the stages to qualify for the presidential race in the upcoming elections with 11 others disqualified from the contest, including Mornah.
But the EC says their disqualification was justified after the PNC and other parties raised concerns over their exclusion, threatening to undertake some legal action which the EC said it was ready for.
According to the Chairperson of the Commission at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting Tuesday, October 01, 2024, the EC conducted a thorough vetting of all nomination forms before arriving at its decision.
She reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensuring a transparent and fair electoral process.
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