The Director of Elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah has stated that the party’s parliamentary primaries in the three Tema constituencies might be held on June 27.
The 3 constituencies, Tema West, Tema East and Tema Central are among a host of constituencies with cases before the party’s Appeals Committee regarding candidate eligibility.
[contextly_sidebar id=”FsIfGHCRG0bgdKyrFvXQalKoJEwoG4qV”]Thirty constituencies in all had their Parliamentary primaries suspended because of oustanding issues.
In an interview with Citi News, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah explained that the date for the primaries for the other constituencies apart from the three had not been decided yet since “some of them have court decisions on them and the court is asking for some elaborate work to be done on them before they can be cleared to contest.”
He explained that in some other constituencies, the date had not been scheduled yet because “the contestants, in some cases MPs, have travelled on official assignments and had to request for postponement.”
Mr. Korsah was however quick to add that barring constituencies with court issues, all other cases should be resolved next week; paving the way for primaries to take place on June 27.
“There is also a pack that is before the National Appeals Committee. Hopefully those should be able to get some resolution before the time. I forsee those ones coming on the 27 of June.”
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana