A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has petitioned the leadership of the party to punish the flag bearer Ivor Greenstreet over what he described as “utterances that bring the party’s name into disrepute”. In a letter dated September 14, 2016, addressed to the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Zir Zirmio Dy-Adaba indicated that … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) over the filing fees for presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2016 elections. The EC on September 8, 2016 announced the filing fees for presidential and parliamentary candidates at GH¢50,000.00 and GH¢10,000.00 respectively; an amount the party has described as “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.” … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered a total of 2,276 prison inmates across the country, to enable them participate in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. About 40,433 new eligible voters have also been captured onto the electoral roll during the continuous voter registration exercise, with 29,897 (52.7%) out of the over 56,000 deleted NHIS … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), has urged political parties calling for a reduction in the filing fees for this year’s election, to appeal to the Electoral Commission to call for an emergency Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to discuss the issue. Last week, the EC increased by about 500 percent, the filing fees … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO) says the criticism by political parties over the Electoral Commission’s decision to increase the filing fees for presidential and parliamentary nominees is unwarranted. All the parties are up in arms against the EC after it announced at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting last Thursday that parliamentary candidates … Read more
The CPP says comments by its flagbearer, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet that he may pull out of the 2016 presidential race in protest against GHS50, 000 filing fee was meant to be taken lightly. CPP Director of Communications Rauf Kadiri says although the party is officially opposed to the amount demanded by the Electoral Commission (EC) … Read more
A Deputy Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Anthony Abayifa Karbo has slammed what he describes as the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections. According to him, the EC’s actions are unjustified especially when it has already secured funding … Read more
The Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (PNC), Bernard Mornah has called for an urgent review of the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections to allow for more participation in the process. He believes the EC merchandising the process in such an … Read more
The Peoples National Convention (PNC) has said it will not hesitate to go to the Supreme Court if the Electoral Commission (EC) fails to review downwards its excessively high filing fees for both Presidential and Parliamentary nominations for the 2016 elections. Presidential candidates are to pay GHC50,000 as filing fee which is 500 per cent … Read more
Veteran Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, believes the excessively high filing fees being charged Presidential and Parliamentary candidates by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2016 elections if maintained will sow seeds for corrupt activities by which ever party wins power. He believes the politicians having spent such huge amount will definitely find an illegitimate way … Read more
The GHC50,000 filing fee set by the Electoral Commission for presidential nominees for the December elections should have been pegged at GHC120,000, the All People’s Congress (APC), led by Hassan Ayariga, has said. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held in Accra on Thursday September 8, the EC announced that parliamentary candidates would have … Read more
The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for charging what it called exorbitant filing fees from presidential and parliamentary aspirants. The EC at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Thursday put the filing fee for presidential aspirants at GHc50,000 and GHc10,000 for parliamentary aspirants. But the NPP laments that … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is unable to criticize the Electoral Commission (EC) on the astronomical increase in both presidential and parliamentary filing fees announced yesterday since it also took the same amount from candidates during its primaries. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not have the locus to also complain because it … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has described the Electoral Commission (EC) as “insensitive” for setting the filing fee for presidential nominees at GHS50,000. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held in Accra on Thursday September 8, the EC announced that parliamentary candidates would have to pay GHS10,000 to file their nomination while presidential candidates … Read more
Some Political parties are demanding a review of the 500% hike in filing fees for Presidential candidates in this year’s election. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Thursday, the EC revealed that presidential candidates of the various political parties would be required to pay GHC50,000 while parliamentary candidates will pay GHC10,000. in 2012 … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected suggestions that it has deliberately set the filing fees of both Presidential and Parliamentary nominations for the 2016 elections at a high figure to prevent the smaller parties from contesting. Presidential candidates are to pay GHC50, 000 as filing fee which is 500 per cent increment of the amount … Read more
The Unemployed Graduates Association of Ghana (UGAG), and the Unemployed Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), have urged on the Electoral Commission (EC) to recruit their members for the collation of results during the elections on December 7. The two groups, in a statement signed by the President of UGAG, argued that, they are in the … Read more
The decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to heavily involve highly educated professional members of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) in this year’s general election must be unreservedly applauded. Indeed, one wonders why it took so long for Mrs. Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, the EC’s Chair, and her … Read more
Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says he will be taking the matter of the resort to the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) for collation in the December 7 to the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) as his party disapproves of it. According … Read more
Presidential Staffer, Kojo Adu Asare has said the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s confusion over the controversial issue of the Electoral Commission (EC) against adopting the e-transmission of electoral results is self inflicted. According to him, the party’s suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong who’s well grounded in electoral matters and has led the NPP’s … Read more