I will win 2020 elections fair and square – Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is confident of gaining the mandate of the people in the 2020 elections not through manipulations or support from the Electoral Commission but through free, fair and transparent elections.

According to him, this will prevent critics from doubting the credibility of election results.

President Akufo-Addo made this call when officials of the Electoral Commission paid him a visit at the Flagstaff House on Thursday, September 12.

The delegation was led by EC Chair, Jean Mensa.

At the meeting, the President stressed “I do not need the support of the EC to win an election.”

He added, “Ghanaians are yearning for an election management body that was not partisan or open to manipulation but a commission that should ensure that the ballots cast by the people represented unvarnished verdicts of their will and that was what should take place in any well-functioning democracy.”

According to Nana Addo any interference with that would lead to the distortion of the popular will of the people, for which reason the EC must work with integrity, which should not be the subject of manipulation of anybody, a situation absolutely vital for the direction the people had decided to go.

He urged the Electoral Commission to organise efficient, diligent and impartial elections to deliver results credible by all standards.

The President assured the EC of government’s commitment to continue to offer the needed support to be able to execute its mandate efficiently and provide Ghanaians with an impartial, transparent elections body that executed its mandate with integrity.