The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has served notice it is on high alert to prevent any rigging by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened in 2012 should not happen to us again and that is why we have to take those lessons into 2016,\u201d Vice Presidential candidate of the NPP, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has said.<\/p>\n
The NPP dragged President John Mahama and the Electoral Commission (EC) to court in a land mark election petition, challenging the outcome of the 2012 presidential results.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”dXMJRm9D6ZszLv7afyS28vuK1vZELroJ”]The NPP however lost the eight-month long case<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n But addressing an NPP Fund Raising dinner in the United Kingdom, Dr. Bawumia indicated that the Supreme Court petition has taught the party \u201ca lot of lessons and we are still learning those lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n He was grateful that the events surrounding the 2012 general elections have given the party \u201ca pretty good idea about what happened in 2012\u2026 We are going to make sure that the lessons are taken to heart and taken to the battle field.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat it has given us is a sense that we should never allow this to happen to us again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n According to him, the NPP will fight the 2016 election at the polling station on December 7, 2016 because\u00a0according to him,\u00a0it was at the polling station level that the NDC allegedly rigged the elections.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is work going on and there is work that has been going on. We are testing systems as we speak to make sure that what happened does not happen again,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n Dr. Bawumia mentioned that the lessons learnt in 2012 have been fully internalized ahead of 2016 and \u201cit will reflect in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n He extended a hand of appreciation to the UK branch of the party for voting massively and supporting the candidature of Nana Akufo-Addo as the presidential candidate of the NPP.<\/p>\n \u201cNana Akufo-Addo is most thankful to the UK branch of this party for the support that you gave to him.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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