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“In any election, you either win or lose. but the catch words are fairness\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0and transparency. When elections are conducted and you have reasonable belief that you have lost fairly and the process has been transparent, there will be no need complaining about anything. But what happened on Sunday August 2, I can beat my chest and say that it was organised in an unfair and [not in a] transparent manner.”<\/p>\n He claimed that\u00a0meeting was scheduled “at the instance of the General Secretary” and was attended by\u00a0several regional and constituency officials of the party and two of the three aspirants and that the decisions taken would be binding.<\/p>\n Addison had earlier claimed that it had been agreed at the meeting that the election would not be held last Sunday as it would not be appropriate for the delegates, so soon after the court’s ruling.<\/p>\n Davis stated that the other two aspirants have been “shortchanged” by the decision to hold the elections on Sunday.<\/p>\n ‘We did not rush elections’<\/strong><\/p>\n The General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong denied claims that the elections were rushed, arguing that the elections had been delayed so many times it was imperative to hold the election once the case had been dismissed.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m surprised that some people are saying that we rushed the primary. This is a primary that was supposed to be held on the 13th of June, moved to 25th of june and the July 25 and now August 2. How can anybody complain about that?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Nii Nortey wins<\/strong><\/p>\n Nii Noi Nortey was voted the party\u2019s representative for the constituency elections in 2016 by delegates of the NPP on Saturday, three days after an application for an injunction on the polls was dismissed by a Fast-track High Court.<\/p>\n The election last Sunday was marred by clashes between\u00a0some NPP sympathizers, believed to be supporters of one of the aspirants, Philip Addison and the police as they thronged the streets in a bid to stop the elections.<\/p>\n Addison along with the third candidate in the election, Nii Adjei Tawiah, called on their supporters to prevent any delegates from voting at the party\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n The lawyer, who rose to fame following the 2012 election petition, at one point dared the police to \u201cshoot everybody\u201d who tried to stop the election.<\/p>\n He eventually boycotted the election stating that he \u201cdid not feel part of the process\u201d but still managed 22 votes. His tally however was bested by Nii Noi Nortey\u2019s who won with a wide margin.<\/p>\n Nii Adjei Tawiah has already petitioned the party on the same matter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A defeated New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspirant in the Klottey Korle constituency, Philip Addison, has petitioned the party’s \u00a0National Executive Committee (NEC) over the parliamentary primary in the constituency. Addison claims the credibility of the results of the election is doubtful given several ‘illegalities’ that occurred in the process. An aide of Philip Addison, Frank […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":139896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Klottey](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/App_O7wiqbId5lRqCs5tdMnoxT9K9vnirAWdOs7o33ZG.jpg\")
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