The Electoral Commission (EC) has agreed to supervise the presidential and parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after one of the aspirants, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor withdrew his injunction against the elections.
Dr. Duffuor on May 9 filed an injunction against the primaries over some discrepancies with the delegates register.
He later withdrew the suit on Friday, May 12 after engagements with the leadership of the party.
The Electoral Commission in a statement said it has decided to supervise the primaries scheduled for Saturday, May 13 after the parties reached a resolution.
it may be recalled that the The EC on Thursday told the NDC to divest itself of all legal entanglements before it would supervise the election when it emerged that a flagbearer aspirant of the party had applied for an injunction against the polls following discrepancies in the photo album of delegates to be used for voting scheduled for Saturday.
Below is EC’s full statement
Following the discontinuance of the Application for Injunction seeking to restrain the Electoral Commission from conducting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Primaries by the applicants, namely Dr_ Kwabena Duffuor and Mr. Edgar Asamoah Boateng, all legal barriers have been removed and the way is now clear for the Electoral Commission to supervise the conduct of the NDC Primaries slated for Saturday .13u- May 2023.
The Commission has this afternoon held meetings with the leadership of the NDC to finalize modalities for the conduct of the elections.
Arrangements are being put in place to ensure a credible and transparent election.