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Accra, July 12, GNA – The New Patriotic
Party (NPP), has defined the guidelines and modalities for the conduct of
Party parliamentary primaries in orphaned constituencies by 2020
Parliamentary elections.
Orphaned constituencies are those where the
The party had no deputies sitting in Parliament.
Mr. John Boadu, General Secretary of NPP in a
statement copied to the Ghana news agency in Accra on Friday, said the
the guidelines were approved at the National Party Steering Committee meeting
held on Thursday, July 11th.
The statement stated that the National
The initiative of the Governing Board derives from the directives of the
National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Party convened on July 1, 2019,
in accordance with Articles 12 and 13 of the Party Constitution.
According to the calendar, the party would
open applications for orphaned constituencies from 20 July and closing on
August 3; while the elections will be held on September 28, simultaneously
Across the country.
The statement added that Aspiring
Parliamentary candidates had to obtain application forms after the payment of
non-refundable deposit fee of GHS 2,000.00 and filing fee of 20,000.00 GH to
Bankers make a proposal in favor of the national headquarters of the nuclear power plant in Accra.
According to the statement, for the purposes of
encourage more women, young people and people with reduced mobility to aspire to
higher political position, such potential candidates for election to Parliament
would benefit from a 50% discount on filing fees.
"It means that they will have to pay a
non-refundable deposit fee of 10 000 GH, "the statement said.
The statement urged candidates to submit
Appointment forms to the constituency election committee for
endorsement and certification, and then to the regional secretariat for
endorsement and certification.
The regional secretariat is then informed
to submit all these forms to the National Secretariat for finalization.
approval and certification by the Secretary General, the statement said.
"If an aspirant suffers from obstruction
during the constituency-level final deposit process, he may deposit at
the regional secretariat or the national secretariat at the office of the Director General
Secretary.
"The riding secretary publishes,
at the closing of the application, list of all the candidates who have successfully lodged
their nominations to participate in the primaries, "the statement said.
According to the statement; Verification of
aspirants was scheduled from August 10 to 15 and the audit report,
submitted to the NEC through the Secretary-General no later than 18 August.
National Parliamentary Appeal Committee
will receive petitions from aspiring disaffected or disqualified
from August 20 to August 23 and the poll will be released on August
31.
The declaration states that only members of the
Constituencies and Regional Executive Committees are authorized to observe
verification session and an aspirant who would be dissatisfied with the audit
process and the outcome thereof, may address a request to the National Appeals Committee
straighten.
the
statement said that; to avoid any doubt, no aspirant should go to court
with respect to any matter relating to the election, unless and until he / she has
exhaustion of domestic remedies and mechanisms to resolve
in accordance with Article 4 (8) (4) of the Party Constitution.
The photo album / register, which was used to
elect constituency leaders at the election of February 2018, will be the same
album that will be made available to all and the Electoral Commission for the
conduct of the parliamentary primaries.
the
The statement added that any delegate intending to appoint an agent should
National Secretariat two weeks before the parliamentary meeting.
primary.
The statement warned that any aspirant who
ignores the guidelines and modalities or behaves
who would bring the name of the Party into disrepute
violated Article 4 (7) of the constitution of the nuclear power plant and would therefore be
sanctioned who included being disqualified from participating in the primaries.
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