The National Democratic Party has warned it will go to court again to compel the Electoral Commission to reverse what it says are new illegal demands being made by the Commission before its nominee can qualify to contest in the presidential elections.
The EC on October 10 cited one reason as the basis for the disqualification of the party’s presidential nominee, former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings.
The reasons EC gave to disqualify Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings on Oct. 10,2016 However, the party claims the EC in a letter issued to it Monday introduced 33 new “concerns and discrepancies” which has been labelled as “irregularities”.
It said the EC is claiming there are different signatures of the subscribers on the nomination forms which ought to be corrected. But the party in a statement issued late Monday by its General Secretary, Mohammed Frimpong, described the new ‘discovery’ by the EC as absurd, and an agenda to disqualify the party’s nominee from contesting in the December 7 elections. “This is not right. This cannot be legal.
This is a clear violation of our human rights,” the statement said, adding, “We reject this trick of the EC. We reject this clear attempt at victimisation by the EC”.
According to the NDP, “the EC has shown its hand, that it is actuated and driven, not by a desire to deliver a world class election in Ghana, but simply to hand the presidency to a selected candidate” “We are calling upon the EC to immediately desist [from] its oppressive tactics and with immediate effect reverse this illegal demand of use; else we would have no option but to return to court,” they warned.
Source: 3news.com
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Am extremely disappointed in the EC, their actions are very questionable.... why are they bent on working for a particular.... i am incline to beleive HON. KENNEDY AGYAPONG...
u rather, @and1, dont know what u re saying.... it seems u listen or read to reply but not read to understand in order to give an informed comment or reply. the supreme court gave the affected parties a day to make corrections becos of the magnitude of the mistakes brought before it... so are the Ec introducing soo many irregularities after the supreme court final verdict? This is indeed deliberate!! anyway where are the peace council? hypocrite!!
You dont know what you are talking about
is this not the same forms that Ec went through and pointed out only on mistake? why has they turn around after that mistake has been corrected? The EC is not been genuine. the earlier we rise against this ***barred word*** i t y the better.
What does Charlotte Osei want to achieve? Presidency for Mahama at all cost. As typical as we are Ghanaians will look on sheepishly and allow this woman to send this country into flames. Why are the chiefs, the clergy and those whose voice carry weight in this country looking on indifferently to the chaos she is leading our dear country into. I am so so disappointed in Very Prof. Asante and his Peace Council - has he also sold his good conscience? Somebody stand up and save Ghana from the hands of this she-devil!!!
instead of wasting quality time arguing and granting media interviews why not use your 24 hours deadline to rectify these errors then when you get it done and they refuse then you can say they have a case. mind you an independent candidate was able to fill. so just do your part and stop blaming EC for your errors. in any case they didnt fill your forms.