The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Richard Ahiagbah has said the issues raised against the process of the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by an aspirant Dr Kwabena Duffuor are compelling.
He urged the NDC to ensure a level playing field in the elections.
In a tweet, Mr Ahiagbah said “The claim of the manipulation of the voters’ register to be used for the NDC’s internal parliamentary and presidential elections by the Duffour campaign is compelling. The NDC must ensure a level playing field!”
Dr Duffuor has filed the injunction application at the High Court on Tuesday, May 9 seeking to stop the primaries over concerns about the electoral album.
“The plaintiff avers that the partial delivery of the Photo Album to his representatives on 4th May 2023 was in itself out of time considering the magnitude of the verification exercise required of them before the internal elections of 13th May 2023,” portions of the application said.
The campaign team Dr Duffuor earlier demanded postponement of the May 13 Presidential Primaries over what it describes as flawed register.
A petition sent to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) and Elections Committee of NDC on Monday, May 8, under the signature Kofi Kukubor, the Head of Research and Strategy with the campaign team of Dr.Duffuor, stated that extensive review of the voters’ register or photo album for 220 constituencies have identified several discrepancies that render the register incomplete or inaccurate.
The campaign team said going into the election with such register undermines the credibility and integrity of the election and capable of causing irreparable damage to the flagbearer hopeful Dr.Kwabena Duffuor.
Source: Laud Nartey