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Nana Kwame Bediako, an independent presidential aspirant, expressed his intention to establish a political party to pursue his presidential ambitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, his plans faced an obstacle due to what he perceives as the Electoral Commission\u2019s delayed response. The real estate mogul disclosed on JoyNews\u2019 AM Show that his team had completed all constitutional requirements and submitted an application to register his political party with the EC.<\/p>\n Despite fulfilling these requirements, Cheddar, as he is also known, has not received any response from the EC after three months of filing his application.<\/p>\n This is despite the I992 constitution stating in Act 574 (8)(2) that \u201cThe commission shall, not later than seven days after the receipt of application, issue to the political party a provisional certificate of registration and shall cause a notice of the application to be published in the Gazette after receipt, inviting objections from any person, concerning the name, aim, objects, constitution, rules, symbols, slogans and colours of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n Nana Kwame Bediako noted that while he has fulfilled all constitutional requirements, the EC has not been forthcoming with a response.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do have a manifesto. We have a manifesto, we have a constitution and we have built 16 offices in the 16 regions. We\u2019ve read the constitution and we\u2019ve followed what we had to do\u2014put in the application for a political party\u2014but we were not responded to by the EC.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the seven days, when you pay and submit after the seven days, it\u2019s been three months. We wrote a letter again and they haven\u2019t responded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n