General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has stated that the party has concluded discussions on the party’s primaries which is set to come off tomorrow, Saturday.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, the Chief Scribe of the party indicated that per the party’s standing orders, all forms of the campaign are expected to end by 12 midnight Friday.
According to him all ballot papers have all also been dispatched to the various constituencies for further distribution to the polling centers where the elections are supposed to take place.
NPP Primaries
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has released the list of candidates contesting the 2020 primaries in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), slated for Saturday, June 20.
In the 168 such constituencies, 375 aspirants will contest in only 101 constituencies, while 65 candidates will go unopposed.
Three constituencies have also been suspended from the primaries due to certain developments that have cropped up in those areas.
They are Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region, Gushegu in the Northern Region, and Dormaa Central in the Bono Region.
Philip Addison petitions party over disqualification
Philip Addison, a New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirant disqualified from the race in the Akuapem North constituency has petitioned the party’s national leadership over the issue.
Mr. Addison, who believes his disqualification was “pre-meditated”, in his petition, pleaded with the national leadership to probe the circumstances leading to his removal from the race.
He also wants the NPP leadership to reverse his disqualification to enable him to contest in the party’s June 20 primaries.
The aspirant, who was the lead Counsel for the New Patriotic Party in the Election Petition case said contrary to claims of failing to “nurture the constituency”, he had “given assistance to the party for a long time stretching from the time of Lawyer W.O. Boafo and the previous executives to date.”
Mr. Addison said some of his encounters with some members of the party in the constituency who were raising issues with his decision to contest for that seat made him believe his disqualification was premeditated.
Mr. Addison said he has contributed his quota to the party, including handling legal cases for the NPP “pro-bono.”
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