The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is reassuring the "sufferings masses" that it will do all it can to ensure that the 2016 elections is not rigged.

"Finally, we want to reassure the sufferings masses that the NPP will do all it can to ensure that the 2016 elections shall not be rigged. We will urge them to play their part by voting massively for change and support all our efforts for free and fair contests and vigilance at every stage of the process. Change is coming and it must come!" the party said at press conference addressed by its General Secretary, John Boadu on Thursday.

According to the party, it is being carefully guided by events of the 2012 elections, "as they were showcased to the shock of discerning Ghanaians during the Presidential Election Petition trial as the Supreme Court".

"We are particularly being guided by the declaration by the Supreme Court that once election results are declared at the polling station, under any circumstances, there is practically nothing that can be done about it. It must therefore be the case that the results declared at the polling station are the same results collated at the constituency level and sent to the National Collation Centre to declare the next president-elect.

"That is why any radical introduction of technology must be done with utmost integrity and transparency to command the confidence of a sceptical public. We will continue to insist on fairness and transparency because we care deeply about Ghana’s democracy, peace and stability, the party said.

It pointed out that the 2016 election is, first and foremost, a referendum on the 8 years of the NDC and what President John Mahama has done with his mandate since 2012.

"We want every NO vote against another 4 years of this Mahama Wahala to be a NO vote," it said.