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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled September 28, 2019, as the date for the election of its parliamentary candidates in constituencies where there the party has no sitting Members of Parliament (MPs).

Members elect in these areas which are often referred in the political circles of the country as ‘orphan constituencies’ will represent the party in the 2020 Parliamentary Elections.

However, Parliamentary primaries in respect of constituencies where the party has sitting MPs, has been deferred to a later date.

A statement signed and released by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, said “These decisions were arrived at by the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) pursuant to Article 21 of the Party’s Constitution, at its meeting held on Monday, July 1, 2019, at the Alisa Hotel, Accra”.

The party further noted that its National Council which met after the NEC meeting at the same venue, decided, pursuant to Article 13 of the Party’s Constitution, to hold Presidential Primaries sometime early next year.

The party, has in effect, tasked its National Steering Committee, to soon as possible, come out with guidelines and modalities for the conduct of both the Parliamentary and Presidential Primaries for the 2020 General Elections.

In attendance at the said meetings were the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice-President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, the party’s National Chairman, Freddie Blay and members of NEC.