{"id":143585,"date":"2024-01-25T21:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T21:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/election-suspended-in-these-constituencies\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T21:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T21:37:45","slug":"election-suspended-in-these-constituencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/election-suspended-in-these-constituencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Election suspended in these constituencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"355\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1701188552_453_NPP-FLAG-Copy-696x355.jpg\"   alt=\"NPP-FLAG LOGO\" title=\"NPP-FLAG (Copy)\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NPP-FLAG LOGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Justin Kodua Frimpong has revealed constituencies that would not be participating in the January 27 party parliamentary primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said three constituencies: Mampong, Binduri and Agona West have unresolved cases in court.<\/p>\n<p>Election in Akuapem South has been suspended and there will be no election in Fomena and Sunyani East\u201d Mr. Kodua Frimpong added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme Thursday, the NPP General Secretary said the election will be free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fairly opened nominations for everyone, 376 picked up forms and only 17 were disqualified so 3 out of 176 constituencies are in court including Mampong, Binduri and Agona West. Akuapem South elections have also been suspended because of a request from the regional party. Sunyani East and Formena won\u2019t hold elections as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6217-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_6217-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2346953\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p>Justin Kodua added that, the party \u201cunderstands the magnitude\u201d of the elections thus will ensure the delegates select promising candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a national party, all the processes have been fair and there is a contest. The real challenge is in the hands of the delegates. It\u2019s up to delegates to select a candidate that will win elections,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP will on Saturday, January 27 elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies it has sitting MPs.<\/p>\n<p>Over 300 aspirants have been cleared to contest the election with about 30 sitting MPs going unopposed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"HKnbLtBx0io\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Funding: Proper revenue mobilization will help develop Ghana \u2013 Dr. Kwabena Duffour (25-1-24)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HKnbLtBx0io?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPP-FLAG LOGO General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Justin Kodua Frimpong has revealed constituencies that would not be participating in the January 27 party parliamentary primary elections. He said three constituencies: Mampong, Binduri and Agona West have unresolved cases in court. Election in Akuapem South has been suspended and there will be no election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election suspended in these constituencies - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/election-suspended-in-these-constituencies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election suspended in these constituencies - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NPP-FLAG LOGO General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Justin Kodua Frimpong has revealed constituencies that would not be participating in the January 27 party parliamentary primary elections. 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