The Electoral Commission (EC) has served notice to cancel the registration of some 17 political parties in the country after 20th October 2022.
The EC revealed that these political parties have no offices at the national and regional levels as required by section 15 (1) (Act 574).
In a notice published in the Daily Graphic, the EC said, “in a bid to ensure compliance with section 22 (1) of the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574), the Electoral Commission undertook a nationwide exercise to inspect the offices of all registered political parties in Ghana.
This exercise was conducted from the 16 May to 9 June 2022.”
“Following the nationwide inspection, it came to light that the under-listed Political Parties have no offices at the national and regional levels as required by section 15 (1) (Act 574).”
The EC added, “The Commission intends to invoke section 15 (3) (c) of the Political Parties Act of 2000, Act 574, which mandates it to cancel the registration of political parties which do not have offices at the national and regional levels.”
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Mensah Atakora
