The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed optimism in having a robust Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) following its return to the group after its long absence.
The party expressed the positive hopes in a statement announcing its return to the Committee Sunday, January 28, 2024.
It said in the statement that it is hoping the revitalisation of the Committee would be drawn from the roadmap set by previous Commissioners of the election management body.
“The NDC is optimistic about the revitalization of the IPAC, drawing inspiration from the robust Consensus Building Platform established during the tenures of Dr. Afari Djan and Charlotte Osei as Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission of Ghana,” it said.
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January 28,2024National Democratic Congress (NDC) Returns to IPAC for Enhanced Consensus Building
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) announces its reentry into the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).
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The NDC after the December 7, 2020, elections declined an invitation by the IPAC to discuss fallouts from the electoral processes on the basis of an alleged rigging of the exercise against the interest of the NDC.
The party issued a statement to justify their boycott of the Committee’s April 21, 2021 invitation, saying it was to register their displeasure with the EC’s biasness against them.
“The National Democratic Congress (NDC), declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to attend an IPAC meeting to review the 2020 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections which was scheduled for Wednesday 21st April 2021. The party took this decision because of the lack of candour, odious duplicity, and open bias that was displayed by the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission in favour of the New Patriotic Party in the conduct of the 2020 general elections.
“It is the considered view of the NDC, that the current leadership of the Electoral Commission who supervised the manipulation of the 2020 general elections and the stolen verdict that resulted from same, lack the integrity, credibility and impartiality to lead any such discussions or review of the very elections they rigged,” the NDC said in a statement.
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