The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun the process for internal elections Nationwide.
The picking of forms, filling and Election begins at the Branch level in September and ends with the national elections slated for December 17, 2022.
The guidelines that were formulated based on the party’s Constitution spelled out the qualification and eligibility criteria for prospective candidates to meet to contest the elections.
After the branch Election, constituency elections will continue on October 22 and 23, 2022 while that of the region would be on November 12 and 13, 2022.
For the regional elections, the filing for regional chairman would be GH¢4,000, with the regional vice-chairman, secretary, organizer, and communication officer paying GH¢3,000 each.
The regional women organizer, youth organizer, and Zongo caucus coordinator would pay GH¢2,000 each, he said.
For the constituency elections, the filing for constituency chairman would be GH¢600 with that for vice chairman, secretary, organizer, treasurer, and communication officer being GH¢400.
Persons with disability (PWDs) shall pay only 50 percent of the approved fees.
Since they are dealing with the whole country, we will allow 14 days for the collections of proposers and endorsers to take place and all candidates will return to file nominations at the party headquarters on November 5 and 6.
Vetting of aspirants will take place between November 9 and 10 and a hearing on the decision of appeals on November 12 and 13, 2022.
Saturday, December 10, 2022, is reserved for women and youth conferences and the almighty national congress will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022.
Per the guidelines, the officers to be elected to the constituency, regional and national levels were chairmen, vice chairmen, secretaries, deputy secretaries, treasurers, and their deputies, organizers and their deputies, communication officers and their deputies.
The rests are women organizers and their deputies, youth organizers and their deputies, as well as Zongo caucus coordinators.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
