Following a lengthy and very contentious voting process, the Electoral Commission (EC) has formally certified Ernest Kumi of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be the Member of Parliament-elect for Akwatia.
After numerous unsuccessful attempts to finalize the results in the Eastern Region, the pronouncement was made at the National Police Training School in Tesano, which is located in Accra.
While Henry Yiadom Boakye, a candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), received 17,206 votes, Ernest Kumi received 19,269 votes throughout the election.
Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that the party will not recognize the proclamation that Ernest Yaw Kumi has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Akwatia seat
He alleged that the polling station agents for the NPP candidate did not have an original pink sheet. “They don’t have a pink sheet at all; they have photocopies of what is considered the pink sheet”