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Policy of Friday, January 25, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-01-25
Professor Joshua Alabi
The teacher. Joshua Alabi, a contender for the presidency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), expressed confidence that he will be elected the party's flag bearer on 23 February without requiring a second round.
With seven candidates in the race for the flag bearers, it has been suggested that none of the candidates can reach the total of 50% plus one vote needed to win the election.
According to the constitution of the NDC, a second round will take place if a candidate does not collect more than 50% of the total votes validly cast.
"In a ballot between more than two persons, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, provided that he or she obtains the majority (ie 50% plus one) of the votes cast. expressed; but if no candidate obtains this majority, the name of the candidate who receives the least votes is withdrawn; this will be followed by a second round between the first two candidates and the simple majority candidate will be declared candidate for the presidency of the party. "
Professor Alabi, however, does not think that it will take a second round because he has all it takes to win the president's ticket to the presidency the first time.
He stated that, despite previous suggestions that former President John Dramani Mahama, would have been the big favorite to be re-elected party flag bearer, the result seems harder to predict now after his extensive campaign across the country. country.
"Someone said last year that the former president would get about 95% of the votes and that the rest of us would get five, but now I hear about 55% . This means that we are doing our job very well and I am very confident that when we are in the elections, Alabi will be at the top. "
"My interest is to gain a touch, that's what I want to do. I am in this race to win a touch. I am very confident that I will gain a touch because I work. "
Professor Alabi will be the seventh person on the electoral paper after voting Wednesday at the NDC headquarters.
Former President John Dramani Mahama chose third place, while Nadowli-Kaleo MP Alban Bagbin chose first place, followed by Nurudeen Iddrisu's businessman.
Sylvester Mensah was chosen for fourth place, followed by Ekwow Spio-Garbrah and Goosie Tanoh, in that order.
The seven candidates were duly screened Tuesday at the NDC headquarters, each expressing confidence in a winner of the party primaries.
Bede-Ziedin, the NDC's acting chief electoral officer, told the media that the ballot papers would be printed from February 3 to 17, 2019, after which they would be sent to all the electoral district centers where the elections will take place.
Without an injunction on the presidential election of the NDC, the party would have conducted the exercise by the end of January.
The NDC finally agreed to declare its guidelines for the presidential primaries null and void after transparency challenges and filing fees that were reduced along the line.
In addition to agreeing to hold the elections in a free, fair and transparent manner, the party also agreed to consider the 300,000 GHc not only as filing fees, but also as a contribution to primary primary costs.
"Once the candidates have been selected by the selection committee, the voter register will be presented to them," said NDC national president Samuel Ofosu Ampofo at an earlier press conference.
The first poll will be available on January 26, 2019 and the final print will be made on January 28, 2019.
The party also announced 276 polling stations across the country; a derogation from the centralized voting system that has been much criticized for national executives.
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