Feature Article of Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Columnist: Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK According to Electoral Commission, the 2012 Presidential Election is over but to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), it’s not over yet because the party has credible evidence to suggest that the declared President Elect, Mahama did not secure 5,574,761 votes but less. I am not sure if the NPP is also claiming that their Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo Addo obtained enough votes to win the Presidency outright, but from the declaration by the General Secretary on Saturday December 8, 2012, I assume that is part of their claim. With the figures announced by the Electoral Commission which informed the decision to declare Mahama the President Elect, I want to use those figures to consider the chances of NPP mounting a successful challenge at the court.First, before NPP decides to go to court, the leadership must satisfy themselves that the figures will not only support their claim but also invalidate the results of the Presidential Election, at least to cause a rerun.
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