{"id":586147,"date":"2019-01-17T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been forced to postpone its presidential primary to elect its flagbearer for the 2020 elections due to a suit brought against the party in December 2018 by two of its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p"},"modified":"2019-01-17T12:57:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:57:48","slug":"ndc-election-off-dailyguide-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/17\/ndc-election-off-dailyguide-network\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Election Off &#8211; DailyGuide Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been forced to postpone its presidential primary to elect its flagbearer for the 2020 elections due to a suit brought against the party in December 2018 by two of its members.<\/p>\n<p>NDC slated its<br \/>\npresidential primary for Saturday, January 26, 2019. <\/p>\n<p>However, the<br \/>\nparty hierarchy is expected to meet to reschedule a new date for the election.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy General<br \/>\nSecretary of the NDC, Peter Boamah Otokunor told <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> in a telephone<br \/>\ninterview yesterday that the election could not proceed as planned due to the<br \/>\ncourt action.<\/p>\n<p>According to<br \/>\nhim, \u201cThe party is fighting for an out-of-court settlement so we will present<br \/>\nour agreement tomorrow. When it is accepted we will proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that<br \/>\nthe race has been put on an indefinite hold until the agreement is accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial Implications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked whether<br \/>\nthe postponement of the primary may not cause any financial burden for the<br \/>\naspirants as they would apparently have to extend their campaigns unexpectedly,<br \/>\nthe Deputy General Secretary indicated that the candidates were not likely to<br \/>\nraise such concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Each aspirant has coughed out GH\u00a2300,000 as a<br \/>\nfiling fee and GH\u00a220,000 as nomination fee to contest in the party\u2019s<br \/>\nflagbearership race.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time the NDC is postponing<br \/>\nits presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>On December 7, last year, the party could not<br \/>\nhold the primary because it said its national executives had just come out of<br \/>\nan election and needed time to prepare for the primary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\nwould be recalled that in December 2018, two members of the NDC- James Kabu Nartey<br \/>\nand Abdallah Issah, took legal action against their party, challenging the<br \/>\nrules and guidelines set for the presidential primary scheduled for January 26,<br \/>\n2019.<\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nprayed an Accra High Court to place an interlocutory injunction on the primary which<br \/>\nwas granted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substantive Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nplaintiffs, in the substantive case, are praying the court to declare the<br \/>\npublished guidelines for the conduct of the party\u2019s presidential primary as<br \/>\nnull and void.<\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nwere also requesting the High Court to declare that the procedures adopted by<br \/>\nthe party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) in the preparation and<br \/>\npresentation of the guidelines, together with the amendment without prior<br \/>\nconsultation of the National Council of Elders as unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Again,<br \/>\nthey want the NEC to organise the election in a free, fair and transparent<br \/>\nmanner while ensuring inclusiveness in accordance with the party\u2019s<br \/>\nConstitution.<\/p>\n<p>NDC has also postponed the vetting of the presidential aspirants of the party, which was scheduled for January 20, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been forced to postpone its presidential primary to elect its flagbearer for the 2020 elections due to a suit brought against the party in December 2018 by two of its members. 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