{"id":143288,"date":"2015-08-14T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T12:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=143288"},"modified":"2015-08-14T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T12:01:15","slug":"asiedu-nketia-defends-date-for-ndc-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/asiedu-nketia-defends-date-for-ndc-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Asiedu Nketia defends date for NDC primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has defended the party\u2019s decision to hold presidential and parliamentary primaries on November 7, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the decision was to enable them to prepare adequately towards the polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;FSzRSFTakRGTxYTo1DUpWzBixucW9yKE&#8221;]The NDC <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">during a\u00a0<\/span><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/13\/ndc-to-hold-parliamentary-presidential-primaries-on-november-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday<\/a><\/strong><\/span> announced some ambitious plans including moves to have all of its biometrically registered card bearing members vote in the primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Filing fees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party also pegged parliamentary filing fees at GH\u00a210,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Women and physically disabled presidential candidate aspirants will have a 50% discount and presidential aspirants will pay GH\u00a250,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the media after the National Executive Committee meeting, Asiedu Nketia said the party considered a lot of factors before arriving at what he calls the suitable date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAccording to our constitution, when we are in power we elect our candidates at least 12 calendar months before the general election. 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