{"id":42638,"date":"2014-08-28T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=42638"},"modified":"2014-08-28T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T13:16:15","slug":"pnc-to-set-date-for-party-elections-at-executive-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/pnc-to-set-date-for-party-elections-at-executive-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"PNC to set date for party elections at executive meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) will hold a national executive meeting on Saturday, August 30 to set \u00a0a date for the party\u2019s election of a presidential candidate for the general elections in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The PNC\u2019s constitution mandates that the party&#8217;s elections be held a year before the \u00a0national elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan, says the issues to be discussed at the meeting on Saturday, include\u201cthe venue, the precise date and funding\u201d for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Ramadan admitted that funding would be the major topic at the meeting but insisted that the elections would take place as stipulated by the party&#8217;s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that \u201cuntil we are sure that we can raise that funding, we will stick to our constitutional arrangement where we do the congress once to elect the executives and the flag bearer at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PNC becomes the latest party to announce plans for the election of their presidential candidate for the elections in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold a Super Delegates\u2019 Congress on Sunday, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/08\/04\/7-npp-aspirants-cleared-for-special-congress-on-august-31\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">to whittle down to five<\/span><\/a><\/span>, the number of aspirants for the party\u2019s presidential candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>However <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/08\/28\/npps-super-delegates-congress-hangs-in-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the congress hangs in the balance<\/span><\/a><\/span> after a lawsuit was filed, seeking to prevent it from taking place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/13\/ndc-to-hold-delegates-congress-in-october\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The National Democratic Congress also announced<\/span><\/a> in June that it would hold its\u00a0National Delegates\u2019 Congress on October 24.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) will hold a national executive meeting on Saturday, August 30 to set \u00a0a date for the party\u2019s election of a presidential candidate for the general elections in 2016. 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