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Election peace pact: NDC makes six key demands

Accra, Aug. 21, GNA- The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not sign the National Peace Council’s (NPC) peace declaration document ahead of the 2024 General Election unless six key conditions are met.

The conditions are a full-scale implementation of the report of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Enquiry; prosecution of the persons behind the murder of eight civilians in the 2020 General Election; investigations into the alleged printing of some one million “illegal” ballot papers in the 2020 General Election, and an investigation into the I.T. systems of the Electoral Commission following the pilfering of the Commission’s laptops at its warehouse.

At a meeting between the Peace Council’s Committee for Code of Conduct on Vigilantism and Election-Related Violence, and some national officers of the NDC in Accra on Tuesday, the NDC also requested that the President make an open declaration on a State platform that he would “respect the will of the people” in the December 7 presidential polls.

The NDC again demanded that the Inspector General of Police, Chief Justice, Attorney General, and the National Security Coordinator equally sign the Peace Pact and be responsible for their actions and inactions before, during, and after the elections.

The meeting, which was held at the NDC’s headquarters in Accra, was to formally introduce the members of the Peace Council’s committee to the leadership of the NDC and foster peaceful collaboration among all actors ahead of the December 7 polls.