{"id":416859,"date":"2011-05-04T06:01:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/npp-pledges-%e2%80%9cfair-hearing%e2%80%9d-for-aggrieved-candidates-in-primaries\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T06:01:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T06:01:58","slug":"npp-pledges-fair-hearing-for-aggrieved-candidates-in-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/npp-pledges-fair-hearing-for-aggrieved-candidates-in-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP pledges \u201cfair hearing\u201d for aggrieved candidates in primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"78.0411609499\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/politics\/\" title=\"View all posts in Politics\" rel=\"category tag\">Politics<\/a> \u00bb NPP pledges \u201cfair hearing\u201d for aggrieved candidates in primaries<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, May 4, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mrs-rawlings-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2439\" title=\"mrs-rawlings-21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mrs-rawlings-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday assured all aggrieved candidates in last weekend\u2019s parliamentary primaries that their complaints would be looked into by the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fair hearing will be given anybody aggrieved from the process,\u201d Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, General Secretary, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask for calm whilst the petitions are being looked at, and urge all to use the party structures in addressing grievances,\u201d he said in a statement issued in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Owusu Afriyie said the party had received two petitions from the Okaikoi South and North Tongu constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese will be looked into extensively by the mandated body within the party structure headed by Mr. Odoi Sykes, former National Chairman and Ambassador.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Owusu Afriyie, on behalf of the flag bearer and leadership of the Party, congratulated all for showing maturity throughout the contest and the hard work, dedication, enthusiasm and commitment exhibited by the entire party in making the primaries a great success.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed appreciation to the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the Ghana Police Service and all who in diverse ways assisted in making the primaries a success.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Owusu Afriyie said the April 30 primaries were free, fair and peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>He said 520 aspirants \u2013 64 females and 456 males \u2013 contested in 220 constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>There were elections in 147 Constituencies whilst 73 were returned without a contest.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said 22 women emerged as candidates from Saturday\u2019s contest, including four who were returned unopposed, while 11 sitting Members of Parliament lost at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/04\/npp-pledges-%E2%80%9Cfair-hearing%E2%80%9D-for-aggrieved-candidates-in-primaries\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/04\/npp-pledges-\u201cfair-hearing\u201d-for-aggrieved-candidates-in-primaries\/\" title=\"NPP pledges \u201cfair hearing\u201d for aggrieved candidates in primaries\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPP pledges \u201cfair hearing\u201d for aggrieved candidates in primaries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Politics \u00bb NPP pledges \u201cfair hearing\u201d for aggrieved candidates in primaries Page last updated at Wednesday, May 4, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday assured all aggrieved candidates in last weekend\u2019s parliamentary primaries that their complaints would be looked into by the party. \u201cA fair hearing will be given anybody aggrieved from the process,\u201d Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, General Secretary, said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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