Presidential candidate for the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Lartey, one of the disqualified candidates in the upcoming presidential election, has chided the Electoral Commission (EC) over what he term, double standards. The candidate who has described his disqualification as wrongful in law, is accusing the Commission of secretly inviting some candidates and … Read more
Disqualified Presidential nominee of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Lartey, has given the Electoral Commission (EC) till Monday to allow him contest in the presidential race or risk being sued. According to the party, the EC and its Chairperson were happy to disqualify most of the aspirants. Dr. Henry Lartey was disqualified … Read more
A teacher with the United Front Party (UFP) Amadu Babia Latifah has accused disqualified presidential nominee of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr. Henry Lartey and his executives of forging her signature on his nomination form. Speaking on Abusua FM’s Abusua Nkommo hosted by Kwame Adinkrah, she dispelled allegations that she appended her signature … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has bluntly told disqualified presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings that she won’t be reinstated to contest the presidential elections. According to the EC, the founder and leader of the NDP can go to court to have her grievances addressed, if she so wishes. The … Read more
Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) presidential candidate Dr. Henry Lartey has expressed regret for opposing the main opposition NPP when it took on the Electoral Commission (EC) on various issues including the voters’ register. “I now understand why Peter Mac Manu [NPP Campaign manager]… was giving the Electoral Commission so much problems,” he told a … Read more
Lawyer for the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Maurice Ampaw, has threatened to place an injunction on the December polls if the Electoral Commission does not accept his client, Dr. Henry Lartey, as a presidential aspirant in the 2016 election. Dr. Lartey and 11 others were disqualified from the race over various anomalies which he … Read more
The Flag bearer of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr Henry Lartey has said the Electoral Commission (EC) will be humiliated when the party hauls it to court following his disqualification from the 2016 election. According to him, the EC has up to Friday October 14, reinstate him as one of the Presidential candidates … Read more
Parliamentary aspirants of the Progressive Peoples’ Party have joined their rejected presidential nominee, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom in his fight to get his 2016 presidential bid on course. The parliamentary aspirants, who met with Dr Nduom in Accra Wednesday to plan the next line of action after his disqualification, concluded that the businessman cum politician … Read more
A teacher with the United Front Party (UFP) Amadu Babia Latifah has dispelled allegations that she appended her signature on the nomination form of disqualified presidential nominee of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr. Henry Lartey. She further refuted claims that she is a member of the GCPP as speculated by its Presidential candidate … Read more
“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.” Herbert Spencer HERBERT SPENCER coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” which is defined as “the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others”. It is a concept in line … Read more
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has laid into the Electoral Commission (EC) describing its equipment and system as “bogus” in an extraordinary rant against the electoral body. Mrs Rawlings also condemned the EC for violating Section 9 of CI 94, which she said “obligates the EC to actually ask us to come and check our forms if … Read more
Flag bearers of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom respectively are gearing up to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) in respect of their disqualification from contesting in the December 7 presidential election. The Charlotte Osei-led EC on Monday disqualified 13 out of … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) outright rejection of the nomination forms of 13 personalities who wanted to contest in the December 7 presidential election is causing uneasy calm in the country. Almost all the affected aspirants are accusing the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, of unjustifiably ‘dashing’ their respective hopes of becoming a president in 2017. The … Read more
The disqualified flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has warned the electoral commission to reverse his disqualification or be hit with a court action. According to the business magnate, a five minute conversation between him and the EC chair person can resolve the irregularity that caused his disqualification. “All I ask … Read more
One of the flagbearer subscribers said to have engaged in double endorsement has flatly denied endorsing the flagbearer of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP). Amadu Latifa told Joy News she only endorsed the candidature of Nana Agyenim Boateng, the Flagbearer of the United Front Party and found it rather curious how the GCPP cnadidate … Read more
Lawyers for the National Democratic Party (NDP) have warned the Electoral commission to reverse the disqualification of their client or face a court action within 24 hours. The NDP presidential candidate Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings was among the 12 individuals disqualified by the EC on Monday over filing fee anomalies. The others included Dr. Nduom of … Read more
Some disgruntled presidential aspirants have pitched camp at the Electoral Commission with their supporters to seek audience with the chairperson Charlotte Osei for clarification over their disqualification. “I don’t think I’ll just leave it like that. I want to see the electoral commissioner and her commissioners to tell them what I think,” RPD’s Kwabena Agyei … Read more
A former Chief Director of the Electoral Commission Damoah Agyemang has advised the aggrieved disqualified presidential candidates in the December polls to immediately go to court to test the basis for their disqualification. The Electoral Commission on Monday announced the disqualification 12 of candidates including Dr. Nduom, Dr. Hassan Ayariga of APC, Nana Konadu Agyeman … Read more
Hassan Ayariga, flagbearer of All Progressive Congress (APC), was disqualified by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to write the name of his hometown on the forms he submitted to contest the 2016 General Elections. According to a statement available at the commission’s website, the candidate did not provide evidence on his statutory declaration as … Read more
The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), has said it will invite the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Police Service to investigate the matter in which the personal details of its running mate contained in the Presidential nomination forms got missing at the Electoral Commission’s office. According to the party’s Flag bearer Dr Lartey, the … Read more