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The National Council of the New Patriotic Party [NPP], will today meet to finalize the rules and regulations governing the party\u2019s internal elections.<\/p>\n

Already, the party has concluded electing its polling station executives across the country, and is now awaiting its constituency elections.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”s2IS61HFSqr7LdM5kUgWJftLW4vbvEit”]Some disgruntled party members are already in court challenging the polling station elections in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s national council meeting will also firm up the date and venue for the election of its national executives which comes up in June 2018.<\/p>\n

Constitutional reviews adopted<\/strong><\/p>\n

The party, in January, adopted\u00a0the report of a Constitutional Review Committee that worked on proposed amendments to the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

The party in December, 2017 held an Extraordinary Delegates Conference in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, where it\u00a0amended portions of its constitution<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the amendments accepted are the inclusion of past presidential candidates and running mates to the National Executive Committee.<\/p>\n

Others are the inclusion of the President, as a voting member of the party\u2019s Steering Committee as well as the adoption of the party\u2019s\u00a0NASARA branch as a wing in the party which will consist of elected officers.<\/p>\n

There was a total of 87 motions for amendments that covered almost all Articles of the Party\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n

Key proposals that were withdrawn at the conference included;<\/p>\n

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  1. For Members of Parliament to appoint constituency executives<\/li>\n
  2. For party members with dual citizenship to be disqualified from contesting for any party position<\/li>\n
  3. For the flagbearer of the party to be considered as the leader of the party<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ahead of that conference, there had been disagreements within the party involving some key groups including the NPP-USA over the consideration of some the proposals.<\/p>\n

    The leadership of the party is optimistic that the new amendments\u00a0will help in effectively running the affairs of the party and keep them\u00a0united heading into the next elections and beyond.<\/p>\n

    –<\/p>\n

    By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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