The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has explained the reason why the commission received the filing fees of the Progressive People’s Party. With the exception of the PPP, the Commission led by the chairperson rejected the GHC50,000 filing fees of all the presidential candidates who submitted theirs during the two-day exercise.
The EC had said it rejected the fees because of a pending court case filed by two political parties – Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Progressive People’s Party and Kofi Akpaloo’s Independent People’s Party on Wednesday. It is for this reason why many, including the PPP, were surprised that the EC accepted PPP’s filing fees Friday morning. The IPP submitted the nomination forms Thursday without the filing fees.
The Electoral Commission closed nominations at 5 pm on September 30, 2016.
Addressing the media after the exercise, Mrs. Charlotte Osei said the commission took the banker’s draft of PPP thinking the party was no longer pursuing the court case. “By presenting it, I thought they had cancelled their case in court. Maybe they have withdrawn it; that was my impression,” she explained to the media.
The Chairman of the PPP Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond had told the media early on that “The injunction is that they should not accept and receive but now they have accepted and received…but they are not supposed to receive it.”
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Source: 3news.com
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what else does she have in her mind that she thinks it true and are not true ? so we have EC chair who acts on assumptions instead of facts.
hat the PPP Chairman is saying is pure nun sense. If the injunction is about the EC not receiving the money, then why did you send your money since you were the complainant in the case. Are you then making mockery of the court? This is what happens in you go and get a young lawyer who is interested in eating more than reading. Just look at the lawyers face and you would see he is a caricature of a lazy one.
The woman is indirectly insulting NDOUM and his lawyers that she thought they were smart, but not knowing there were ediotss. How can you vomits on the floor and swallow it back with your mouth? They have shot themselves in the foot.
What business had the PPP to send their filing fee to the EC when they were in contention with same filing fee, claiming it is exorbitant. Smart as the EC chairperson is she received it to commit the party to lose in court, because if you say the charge is huge and at the same time come and pay that same huge fee then it means you are only doing mischief, and I believe the court will dismiss their case. The woman is quite a clever lawyer.
If PPP knew they have no redrew the injunction, then why did they submit the bankers draft. Their injunction was very clear that the EC should not receive the draft so why did they decide to pay,
Very experienced Lawyer. EC Chair person I admire you.
Wooa look? She thought. I will not be surprise if she declares JM president though Nana has won without any doubt and gives the flimsy excuse she thought JM had won. Ghanaians beware of this woman.
Smart woman and smart answer. Yes u truly deserve to b the chair. Ndoum u see u level has been defined by this woman