{"id":258489,"date":"2016-10-15T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=258489"},"modified":"2016-10-15T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T14:22:51","slug":"i-didnt-engineer-nduoms-disqualification-dzakpasu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/i-didnt-engineer-nduoms-disqualification-dzakpasu\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t engineer Nduom’s disqualification \u2013 Dzakpasu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Head of Communications at the Electoral Commission, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu has rejected claims by the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) that he masterminded the disqualification of their flagbearer, Papa Kwesi Nduom from the December 7 presidential race.<\/p>\n

The PPP\u2019s Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary candidate, William Dorworkpor alleged on The Big Issue<\/strong> that Mr. Dzakpasu said he \u201cwould show them where power lies\u201d because the party sued the EC in protest of the filing fees they complained was too high.<\/p>\n

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William Doworkpor, PPP Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary candidate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”PjDFKYtFDmW8VYE2E86vOjzLHQjNzr2g”]But Mr. Dzakpasu in responding \u00a0to the allegation on Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s News analysis programme, The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday said he couldn\u2019t have made such comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know Mr. Doworkpor, I don\u2019t know at which gathering I made such claim. I personally subscribe to the idea that there are laid down legal means of resolving electoral dispute and I think anyone who goes to court over any issue of electoral dispute has a legitimate right to do so. I\u2019m nowhere near those who even make decisions on receipt of nominations in terms of who goes through or who does not go through. I couldn\u2019t have said it and I didn\u2019t say anything of that nature,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The Policy Director for the PPP, Kofi Asamoah Siaw had also accused the EC of disqualifying its candidate because of the court case<\/strong><\/a><\/span>; an allegation the EC’s head of communication rejected.<\/p>\n

\u201cEC is made up of seven commissioners and the 7 commissioners at any point in time couldn\u2019t have sat down to say that they are taking the PPP on,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

Nduom, 12 other presidential aspirants disqualified<\/strong><\/p>\n

The PPP\u2019s presidential nominee was among 12 other party presidential nominees who were disqualified from the race due to errors on their nomination forms.<\/p>\n

They have accused the EC of being bais against them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the party has vowed to fight the disqualification with all of its might in court after efforts to have the issue resolved amicably proved\u00a0futile.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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