{"id":253432,"date":"2016-09-29T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253432"},"modified":"2016-09-29T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:37:38","slug":"veep-submits-mahamas-nomination-forms-to-ec-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/veep-submits-mahamas-nomination-forms-to-ec-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Veep submits Mahama’s nomination forms to EC [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has submitted the nomination forms on behalf of the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n

He was accompanied to the Electoral Commission (EC) \u00a0headquarters by the NDC General Secretary;\u00a0Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Deputy General Secretary; Koku Anyidoho, Greater Accra Regional Chairman; Ade Coker and other members of the NDC.<\/p>\n

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The Commission is however not accepting filing fees from the presidential and parliamentary aspirants.<\/p>\n

The EC has explained that the decision is\u00a0temporary, following a court injunction secured\u00a0by the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), over the hike in the filling fees.<\/p>\n

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Zanetor Rawlings, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Korley Klottey was also there in support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The EC opened nominations earlier in\u00a0September<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and pegged the filing fees for presidential hopefuls at GHc 50,000 and that of parliamentary nominees at GHc 10,000.<\/p>\n

Some aggrieved parties subsequently asked the EC to review the amount describing it as \u201cexorbitant.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s PPP followed its concerns with\u00a0a suit<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0securing an injunction that has\u00a0prevented the EC from receiving the nomination fees until a determination of the suit.<\/p>\n

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Five other\u00a0political parties have so far submitted nomination forms for their presidential candidates ahead of the December 7 elections.<\/p>\n

They include: the New Patriotic Party (NPP), United Front Party (UFP), United Progressive Party (UPP), All People’s Congress (APC) and the Independent People\u2019s Party (IPP).<\/p>\n

Follow the hashtag #GhElections<\/strong> on Social Media for election related stories<\/em><\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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