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President John Mahama has said that the Supreme Court�s decision at the end of the election petition hearing will acknowledge that free and fair elections that brought the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into office. According to the President: �Our victory was won cleanly and fairly; Justice would be served and cannot come to any other conclusion than acknowledging the very transparent free and fair victory that we won in the election.� The President made the statement when he visited the head office of the NDC on Monday in commemoration of the party�s 21st anniversary. Speaking to top members of the party, he called on the party's executives to continue to strengthen the base of the party and expressed his gratitude for the hard work that had been done so far. Meanwhile, a statement signed by the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia noted: �Since its formation the NDC has upheld its core principles of probity and accountability as well the pursuit of social justice and equity for all citizens of Ghana. We have through these noble principles managed the affairs of the state when we have been elected by the good people of this country to form a government. Even when the NDC has been out of power it has presented loyal and objective opposition and has never for once sought to undermine or compromise Ghana�s peace and stability. He added: �That the NDC has won four out of six elections it has contested in is ample testimony to the confidence Ghanaians have in our Party as the most broad-based and representative of the entire country. The victories we have chalked are also an expression of confidence in our philosophy of Social Democracy as the most effective avenue by which rapid socio-economic development can be achieved."