Batholomew Kofi Dzigbordzi Kukubor, the Head of Research and Strategy for the Dr. Kwabena Duffour Campaign Team has dragged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to court over its impending Presidential primaries on Saturday.
The plaintiff is seeking an injunction restraining the party and the other presidential hopefuls from organizing the much anticipated event on Saturday May 13, 2023.
The Defendants are: Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the party, and the Director of the Elections Directorate, former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Kojo Bonsu, the former Mayor of Kumasi and the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
Mr. Kukubor wants the Accra High Court to stop the primaries until the NDC produces a complete and accurate photo album register and delivery of same to the Plaintiff and other Presidential aspirants of the NDC at least five weeks ahead of the elections.
In a 36-paragraph affidavit in support of the motion, the plaintiff stated that per Article 42 (1) of the Constitution of the National Democratic Congress, the party is required to elect its Presidential Candidate twenty-four (24) months if the party is not in power.
He said for reasons beyond its control, the party could not meet the deadline for election of a Presidential Candidate for the 2024 general elections before the end of the 2022 calendar year and accordingly rescheduled the elections to 13th May, 2023.
According to the Plaintiff adds that the NDC’s Elections Directorate informed the Presidential aspirants on 29th March, 2023 that copies of the Photo Album Register of eligible candidates for the internal elections to elect a flagbearer for the party shall be made available to the Presidential aspirants immediately to afford the Presidential aspirants an opportunity to verify the accuracy of the voters register in all the branches within the two hundred and seventy-five (275) constituencies of the party as part of the processes for ensuring free, fair and credible internal elections on 13th May, 2023.
He said that this measure is in compliance with best practice in modern democratic elections to ensure that the Photo Album register is complete and accurate, enhance free and fair elections and reduce disputes over election results and same is consistent with the aims and objectives of the National Democratic Congress as enshrined in Article 7 of the party’s constitution.
Mr. Kukubor explained that EC’s Regulations which constitute a model for public elections in Ghana require Photo Album Register as in this instance to be made available to candidates and the voting public at least five weeks prior to the elections to enable same to be verified by all.https://citinewsroom.com/2023/05/well-not-postpone-saturdays-primaries-ndc-to-kwabena-duffuor/
The Plaintiff adds that to his surprise, NDC failed to provide the voters register to his representatives as a result of which Plaintiff caused his head of research and strategy to send a WhatsApp reminder to the party and subsequently to the
As a result Mr. Kukubor wants the court to declare that the Photo Album Register issued by the and party to the Plaintiff on 4th May, 2023 as the primary document for conducting the internal Presidential election of the National Democratic Congress on the 13th of May, 2023 is incomplete and inaccurate.https://mypublisher24.com/imran-khan-seized-by-police-outside-court-in-pakistan/
He seeks an order directing the Defendants to prepare and deliver a complete and accurate Photo Album Register to the Plaintiff and other Presidential aspirants of the National Democratic Congress at least five weeks ahead of the elections to enable the aspirants carry out the needed verification of the Photo Album Register.
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