{"id":257263,"date":"2016-10-11T17:57:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=257263"},"modified":"2016-10-11T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T17:57:05","slug":"well-face-disqualified-aspirants-in-court-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/well-face-disqualified-aspirants-in-court-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ll face disqualified aspirants in court – EC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has defended the disqualification of 13 presidential hopefuls who failed to satisfy\u00a0the necessary electoral requirements.<\/p>\n
The Peoples National Convention’s (PNC) Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama, the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP)\u2019s Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum and the National Democratic Party (NDP)\u2019s Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings were among the major casualties.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”1xEwyxhEJUi1DPPj6nb1zCGfyYXu0Gnm”]The EC’s Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, at a media interaction in Tamale, said the EC is unperturbed about the legal threats issued by some of the aggrieved parties.<\/p>\n
She emphasized that the constitutionally mandated electoral body did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n
According to her, the disqualified Presidential hopefuls should have done due diligence to avoid the unpardonable infractions detected on their nomination forms.<\/p>\n
She\u00a0however said her outfit is ready to dialogue with leaders of the affected political parties, and\u00a0urged\u00a0the media to liaise with the EC to conduct a world class election on December 7.<\/p>\n
A Deputy Commissioner of the EC, Amadu Sulley, posited that the Electoral Commission would be compelled to reinstate any of the disqualified Presidential hopefuls if a court of competent jurisdiction decides otherwise.<\/p>\n
He insisted that, the EC is a law abiding institution and will always operate in line with constitutional requirements.\u00a0Amadu Sulley raised alarm over the continuous\u00a0amendment of the 2016 electoral calendar for the December 7 polls.<\/p>\n
He thereby called for ceasefire on political parties frequent litigation on the pre-electoral processes.<\/p>\n