{"id":145748,"date":"2024-01-31T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/31\/2024-elections-parties-want-november-date\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:49:28","slug":"2024-elections-parties-want-november-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/31\/2024-elections-parties-want-november-date\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Elections: Parties Want November Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jean Mensa \u2013 Chairperson of Electoral Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Eric Asare, who disclosed this, indicated that at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Monday the parties urged the Commission to proceed with the plan provided it can be legally implemented.<\/p>\n<p>He added,\u00a0however, that the majority of the parties agreed that if the EC is unable to carry out the process this year, it should start in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in principle, all the parties that attended IPAC yesterday were for it for 2028. But for 2024, almost 60% of the parties, more than half of the parties, said if it will be possible for the EC to go through the legal processes to have it implemented this year, let\u2019s go ahead,\u201d Dr. Asare told\u00a0<strong><em>JoyNews\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the EC will be able to come through on all the legal requirements needed to hold the elections in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at our calendar, we are pretty sure that we will be able to do everything, whatever it takes to ensure that we go through the legal process,\u201d Dr. Asare intimated.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the EC is not the final determinant\u00a0because implementation must go through the Attorney General\u2019s Department and Parliament\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as I said, as far as we are concerned, whatever we need to do, whatever is necessary, whatever is proper that must be done to ensure that we are able to consummate it and have the elections, we are well able to do that,\u201d Dr. Asare noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NDC position<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and certain political parties have rejected\u00a0the proposal, highlighting the EC\u2019s limited time to hold a peaceful poll.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC\u2019s Director of Elections and ICT, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, said the EC must proceed with caution.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the overwhelming agreement was that, given everything the EC has to do between now and the next presidential and parliamentary elections, it would be taking on more than it could do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an institution, if it wanted to add the needed parliamentary processes to change the date for the elections, it\u2019s something that we all discussed, and we are all men and women of faith,\u201d he posited.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NDC continues to believe that the proposal should be exposed to a broader national discussion in order to include all viewpoints and reach an appropriate decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Mensa \u2013 Chairperson of Electoral Commission \u00a0 Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Eric Asare, who disclosed this, indicated that at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Monday the parties urged the Commission to proceed with the plan provided it can be legally implemented. 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