The Presidential candidates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Convention People’s Party’s Ivor Greenstreet, and Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent candidate, are the only persons who have been qualified by the Electoral Commission, to contest this year’s presidential elections. The four were cleared … Read more
Two of the 17 persons who submitted their presidential nomination forms to the Electoral Commission, have failed to qualify to contest in the December 7 general elections. Thomas N. Ward Brew of the Democratic People’s Party and WO1 Richard Nixon Tetteh of the Unity Development System Party had by close of the 12:00 noon-deadline Monday, failed … Read more
The flagbearer of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr Henry Lartey, has justified why he petitioned both the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to probe the alleged $2 million gift given to Former Ghana President Jerry John Rawlings by Nigeria’s Sani Abacha. Dr Henry … Read more
The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has officially petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate former President Jerry John Rawlings, who has confessed to receiving $2 million from Nigeria’s Sani Abacha after years of silence on the matter. Ex-president Rawlings admitted in an interview with Nigeria’s Guardian Newspaper that, he had received … Read more
The deputy Minister of Interior and Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, has hit out at the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying he is intolerant of dissenting opinions and, therefore, cannot be trusted with Ghana’s highest office. Mr. Agalga cited the indefinite suspension of the … Read more
The 17 presidential aspirants who submitted nomination forms to the Electoral Commission have seven nerve-wracking days to known if they would be on December 7 ballot papers. Although 15 political parties and two independent aspirants successfully submitted forms on Thursday and Friday, the commission says it will need the next seven days to vet the forms it … Read more
The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has expressed its disappointment in the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for paying the Electoral Commission’s filing fees. The PPP filed a suit at the High Court in on September 19 seeking an interlocutory injunction to prevent the Commission from receiving the nominations in protest of the EC’s much criticized … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is set to receive nomination forms from presidential aspirants at its headquarters in Accra tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday, September 29 and 30, 2016. The Director of Elections of the EC, Mr Samuel Tettey, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the commission had put measures in place at its Information … Read more
The One-Village-One-Dam policy of the presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, ahead of this year’s presidential elections, will breed mosquitoes if implemented, Dr Henry Lartey, flag bearer of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), has said. According to him, whoever suggested to Mr Akufo-Addo to adopt the idea for his campaign … Read more
The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has joined calls by the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for a reduction in the filing fees for presidential and parliamentary aspirants, saying if the presidency is made the reserve of the rich, as, in his opinion, the situation appears to be, then an uprising could be imminent. The Electoral … Read more
The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to launch an investigation into former President Jerry John Rawlings’ alleged $5million gift he is rumoured to have received from late Nigerian leader Sani Abacha. The flag bearer of the GCPP, Dr Henry Lartey, has accused the ex-president … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has endorsed the decision by the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) to sue the Electoral Commission over what the parties have described as high filing fees for presidential and parliamentary nominees. There has been a 500 percent increase in the filing fees for presidential nominees between 2012 and 2016. The PPP … Read more
Folks, I have just come across the news report saying what has really made me wonder what is becoming of the Presidential aspect of the 2016 general elections. Just consider this: “Fifteen presidential hopefuls have so far picked nomination forms to contest in the upcoming general election in December. They are made up of 13 … Read more
Twenty-two parties and individuals have so far picked nomination forms from the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest for president in the December polls. These comprise seven independent presidential aspirants and 15 political parties. The political parties include the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), the National Democratic … Read more
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has vowed to resist any attempt by the Electoral Commission to disqualify its Flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings for the second consecutive time ahead of the December 7 election. The former First lady who’s Presidential candidate for the NDP picked her Presidential nomination forms on Wednesday in readiness for the … Read more
Fifteen presidential hopefuls have so far picked nomination forms to contest in the upcoming general election in December. They are made up of 13 political parties and two independent candidates. The political parties are the Democratic People’s Party (DPP), the All People’s Party (APP) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP). The others are the … Read more
The leader of the Nkrumaist splinter party called the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) is not saying that the New Patriotic Party’s policy of building dams in every village in the northern-half of the country is not feasible. Just that these dams would breed mosquitoes, unless the rural farmers for whom these mini-dams are intended … Read more
The Flagbearer of Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr. Henry Lartey has dispelled allegations that the party is a sidekick to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). He further discounted claims that he and his party are doing the bidding of the NDC, hence his frequent bashing of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). He … Read more
Akufo-Addo’s promise to build 1 dam in each village of the Northern region is an avenue to breed mosquitoes, Dr. Henry Lartey, presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), has said. Speaking in an interview with rainbowradioonline.com on the feasibility of the policy promised by the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), … Read more
A leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Kwame Jantuah, has said it will be difficult for the youth of the country to consider the Nkrumahist parties as a credible alternative if they fail to make a good mark in the 2016 elections. Currently, at least three political parties namely the CPP, People’s National … Read more