Ayariga expresses anger at second disqualification; heads to court (audio)
Mr Hassan Ayariga of the All People's Congress has responded to his second disqualification as a presidential candidate and accused the Electoral Commission of taking the move on 'personal grounds'.
According to him, the EC Chairperson, Mrs Charlotte Osei had demonstrated she personally did not like him, hence the disqualification.
He made reference to a recent statement by the EC Chairperson in London in which she said Ayariga was going to lose the elections.
“On Saturday she [Charlotte Osei] was in London and was giving a speech… [and she said] there is going to be one winner in the 2016 general elections and several losers including Hassan Ayariga.”
“Can you imagine that a returning officer who goes to claim that one person no matter what it is, is going to lose, that means that you could have that one person to lose the elections, and you have proven that, by not even allowing me [Ayariga] to contest,” Mr Ayariga said in a radio interview with Accra based Class FM on Thursday morning.
He however indicated that he would go to court to ensure that his rights were not trampled.
“This is disrespect in the highest order,” he told the radio station.
Listen to Mr Ayariga here
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Mr Ayariga who had earlier expressed similar anger when he was first disqualified on October 10 referred to the EC boss as a “tyrant” who was a “disgrace to womanhood.”
In his view Mrs Osei “must be jailed” for flouting directives of the Supreme Court as far as allowing him and all other previously disqualified presidential candidates to contest in the December 7 polls.
He said Mrs Osei may plunge the country into “chaos” on December 7 if she should continue that attitude.
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