Accra, June 7, GNA \u2013 Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, a candidate for the flag bearer slot of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Tuesday described her vetting by the party’s Vetting Committee as a normal process.<\/p>\n
She said the issues raised by members of the committee were pertinent and she responded to them as candidly as she could.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough the process was rather long, the questions were basically on the way forward for the party and I think they were really fair,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n
Nana Konadu, who was the first of two candidates to be vetted, was accompanied to the NDC Headquarters by Mr Kofi Adams, the Spokesperson for the former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings.<\/p>\n
The second candidate, President John Evans Atta Mills, would be vetted on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The vetting is the penultimate step on the timetable before its National Delegates’ Congress slated for Sunyani from July 8- July 10 to elect the flag bearer.<\/p>\n
According to the party’s roadmap for the Congress, the final step is the release of the list of delegates on June 10.<\/p>\n
The vetting committee chaired by Alhaji Issifu Ali, former co-chairman of the NDC, will examine the documents filed by the candidates and their qualifications under the party’s constitution.<\/p>\n
Other members of the Vetting Committee are Mr Lionel Mobila, former Upper East Regional Minister, Dr (Mrs) Mary Grant, a member of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader, and Mr Chris Ackumey and Mr Larry Adjetey, both lawyers.<\/p>\n
Under the rules of the NDC, each contestant shall be proposed by two persons and seconded by four persons who must be members of the executive at the branch, constituency, regional or national levels.<\/p>\n
A duly proposed contestant shall be endorsed by two members of the executive at any level of the party from each of the 230 constituencies of the country.<\/p>\n
On the qualification of flag bearer aspirants the aspirant must fulfil qualification requirements as stated in Article 62 of the 1992 Constitution which deals with the qualifications to be president of Ghana.<\/p>\n
In addition, the aspirant must be a member of a branch of the party; be a known and active member of the party for not less than four years; shall not be a member of any other political party; and must accept the constitution, philosophy and policies of the NDC.<\/p>\n
Others are that the aspirant must be an active and card bearing member of the party with fully paid up membership dues; must not be facing any disciplinary action for breach of the party’s Disciplinary Code and Constitution; and must not be a member of the executive committee at any level of the party at the time of picking of nomination form.<\/p>\n
There will be some 3,000 delegates at the Sunyani Congress.<\/p>\n
The delegates would include the Founder of the Party, Leader of the Party and President of Ghana, Vice President, National Executive Committee Members, Ministers of State, Selected Regional Executives, Committee Members and Parliamentarians.<\/p>\n
The rest are Municipal, Metropolitan and District Chief Executives who are members of the party, foreign branch representatives, Council of Elders and representatives from the Tertiary Education Institution Network.<\/p>\n
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