According to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, the returning officer at Techiman South confirmed to him that the pink sheets were burnt.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament when the House reconvened on Monday, 14 December 2020, Mr Iddrisu condemned the spate of casualties recorded during the elections.
“That cannot be so in our multi-party constitutional democracy”, he condemned.
Mr Iddrisu added: “Whether a returning officer or a district officer to claim somewhere that his copy meant for a political party, the NDC got burnt. We are still following through but what is significant is the loss of lives in Techiman. We had to visit one or two bereaved families arising out of shooting which resulted in loss of lives.”
He continued: “That remains a negative blot on the conscience of our democracy to choose our leaders, lives must not be lost and lost needlessly. There are still contested outcomes in some other constituencies across the country, in Sene.”
He, however, congratulated the newly-elected Members of Parliament, “particularly the old ones who have had the privilege and honour of the electorate in their various constituencies to re-elect them to serve them.”
But in swift rebuttal, the Majority Leader and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, condemned the Minority NDC for attacking the elections conducted by the Electoral Commission.
He indicated that the NDC must arm themselves with ample evidence to buttress their claims.
Source: Classfmonline.com
