{"id":256838,"date":"2016-10-10T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=256838"},"modified":"2016-10-10T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:32:04","slug":"mahama-nana-addo-greenstreet-and-joy-cleared-for-2016-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/mahama-nana-addo-greenstreet-and-joy-cleared-for-2016-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama, Nana Addo, Greenstreet, and JOY cleared for 2016 polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Presidential candidates of\u00a0the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Convention People\u2019s Party’s Ivor Greenstreet, and Jacob Osei Yeboah [JOY], an independent candidate, are the only persons who have been qualified by the Electoral Commission, to contest this year\u2019s presidential elections.<\/p>\n

The four were cleared by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday [October 10], after their nomination forms were vetted out of the lot.<\/p>\n

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei said the candidates had qualified after meeting \u201cthe requirements of the electoral laws\u201d.<\/p>\n

She made the declaration at a press conference at the EC\u2019s Head Office in Accra, following the closing of payment of filing fees by the presidential and parliamentary candidates of the various parties.<\/p>\n

This means that, twelve presidential aspirants, will not be contesting in the elections because according to the EC, all the parties failed to meet certain critical requirements in the filling of the forms.<\/p>\n

Ayariga\u2019s APC, PPP, PNC others disqualified from 2016 polls<\/strong><\/p>\n

The thirteen disqualified parties<\/a><\/strong><\/span> include Hassan Ayariga\u2019s All Progressive Congress (APC), the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), and the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP).<\/p>\n

All the parties were supposed to submit their filing fees by midday today [Monday], after an Accra High court dismissed an injunction suit filed by the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) in protest against the fees.<\/p>\n

The other disqualified parties are the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), the Independent People\u2019s Party (IPP) led by Kofi Akpalu, Democratic People\u2019s Party (DPP), led by Ward Brew, Akua\u2019s Donkor\u2019s Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), and the Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD), led by Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n

Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings\u2019 National Democratic Party (NDP), has also been disqualified for the second time.\u00a0An Independent Candidate, Alfred Asiedu Kwame Walker, has also been disqualified.<\/p>\n

Her announcement\u00a0means that, barring\u00a0any new development, only four individuals will have their photos printed on the ballot papers on the election day.<\/p>\n

They are Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the Convention People\u2019s Party, and Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

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

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