The Minority in Parliament is calling for the Electoral Commission (EC) to be summoned to explain its decision to conduct a rerun of elections in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency.

This follows objections raised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the EC’s reliance on scanned Pink Sheets submitted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Commission dismissed the documents, which bore party agent signatures but lacked endorsements from Presiding Officers, ruling them insufficient for final collation and prompting the decision to order a rerun.

Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, July 3, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin questioned the EC’s consistency and warned of possible political interference.

“We are being told there will be a rerun in some polling stations. It is unfair and unjust. I don’t want to believe recent public comments by a senior politician are what’s pushing the EC, perhaps to secure their job. It is not fair,” he said.

He cautioned that the move could set a troubling precedent.

“Maybe today this helps one side, but tomorrow, it could be the other’s turn. Mr. Speaker, I humbly urge that the EC be scheduled to appear before this House. They must explain why, after earlier taking a firm position, they have now changed course.”

The Minority Leader urged that the EC be invited to brief Parliament next week on the rationale behind its latest directive.

In response, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga appealed for calm and advised the Minority against politicising the Commission’s actions. He dismissed the notion that the EC had been swayed by political threats or intimidation.

“Let us not politicise this. Let us not say that just because a chairman made a statement, the EC has been intimidated,” he said.

The Electoral Commission has scheduled the rerun in the affected Ablekuma North polling stations for Friday, July 11, 2025.