The presidential candidate for the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr. Kofi Akpaloo, has expressed concern over the late Madam Akua Donkor’s photo appearing on the presidential election ballot for December 7, 2024.

He described it as unfortunate and reiterated his call for the Electoral Commission to issue new ballot papers excluding her photo, as she represented the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).

Speaking in an interview on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, Mr. Akpaloo dismissed the argument that reprinting the ballots would incur additional costs for the country.

He emphasized that preserving Akua Donkor's image on the ballot could potentially influence the results of the election.

The LPG presidential candidate further noted that if a new candidate had been officially approved to take her place, the Electoral Commission would have had no choice but to print new ballots.

"Including Akua Donkor's picture on the ballot paper will cause problems. Given that Akua Donkor is no longer alive, how will her votes be counted in the presidential polls, which are calculated by percentage?

Should votes cast for her be nullified or counted? We recommend the EC reprint ballot papers excluding Akua Donkor's picture to prevent a losing candidate from contesting the results based on percentage discrepancies."

Will we vote and count votes for a ghost? Those who claim this would be expensive have no idea what they are saying. Why are we rushing around and refusing to do what is right? The best way to deal with this is to exclude her from the ballot. These are some of the things we should not encourage, especially as we litigate every aspect of our electoral processes.

Whatever the case may be, we are going to spend money, so we should do the right thing and print a new ballot without her photo. Is this how we will handle the situation if someone from the NDC or NPP dies? We should not deal with this with our emotions but with the law."