Story by: Political Desk
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), further to court action on the part of one of the presidential aspirants, has said “We wish to assure presidential, parliamentary aspirants as well as members, supporters, and sympathizers, that the party is taking all legitimate and legal steps to pave way for the presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
“We want to urge party members and the people of Ghana to remain calm as the Party, through its legal team, works to resolve the temporary challenge”.
This was contained in a press release signed by General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey and issued to the press.
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will not supervise the upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) slated for Saturday, May 13, 2023.
The electoral management body says it is unable to offer any form of supervisory role to the internal polls of the ND until all outstanding legal disputes are resolved.
The EC claims that holding the primaries despite the ongoing legal disputes would be a violation of the judiciary’s authority and amount to contempt of court.
The EC announced this on May 10, 2023, after meeting with representatives of each of the NDC’s three prospective flagbearers.
“However, yesterday we were served with an Application for Interlocutory Injunction seeking to restrain the Commission from supervising the conduct of the Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries due to the alleged anomalies with the register.”
Below is the full statement
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
