Amenfi West By-election: NDC votes to elect candidate

Following the death of the Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi West Constituency in the Western Region, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the region, is currently voting to elect a candidate to represent the party in the by-election.

The Member of Parliament for the area, John Gyetua passed on in October this year.

[contextly_sidebar id=”FPQLkoeRzLTDTWFmNYf1JIzKE1LMSIX3″]Following his death, the Electoral Commission has given the political parties up to November 19th, to field their candidates ahead of the by-election slated for December 15, 2015.

This required political parties who have not yet elected their candidates including the NDC, to elect them before the Thursday deadline.

The NPP has already elected Lawyer Paul Dekyi to represent the party in the constituency.

He will meet one of the six persons contesting in today’s [Tuesday] NDC’s parliamentary primaries underway  in the constituency.

In an interview with Citi News, the Western Regional Secretary of the NDC, Joseph Nelson, stated that “the election is to ensure that the NDC meets the EC’s deadline despite the party’s parliamentary primaries slated for 21st November 2015. It means that if we are unable to have a representative before the EC’s deadline elapses, the party will not have a candidate for the by-election on December 15 this year.”

He added that “the NDC has six contestants who are contesting in the election namely Eric Afful, Gordon Kofi Sarfo-Adu, John Eddie Armoo, George Dadzie Jnr and Gerald Danquah. The have all observed the rules governing the election and everything is ongoing smoothly.”

On the number of registered NDC members expected to cast their vote, Mr. Nelson added that “we have 7,757 registered party members expected to vote in some 58 selected polling stations across the constituency.”

The Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission Stephen Opoku Mensah, added that “all electoral materials were available at all the 38 selected polling stations three days ahead of the Wassa Amenfi West constituency.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana