The NPP shall hold Presidential Primaries on SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 to elect the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2020 General Elections and has released guidelines for the election.
Nominations shall open on Monday, January 20, 2020, and close on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
The NPP said An Aspiring Presidential Candidate (APC) shall procure Nomination Forms after the payment of a non-refundable application fee of Twenty Thousand Ghana cedis only (GHC20,000) in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
To successfully file his/her nomination filing nomination, an APC shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee of Two Hundred Thousand Ghana cedis (GHC200,000) in Bankers Draft in favor of the NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA.
All payments shall be made by Banker’s Draft to the account of the New Patriotic Party Headquarters.
The Presidential Nominations Forms shall be procured at the General Secretary’s office.
A Presidential Vetting Committee (PVC) shall be established to examine and vet the candidature of every aspirant for the presidential nomination of the party to ensure that such person qualifies to contest for the office of the President of the Republic;
The Presidential Vetting Committee shall consist of;
a. Mr. Peter Mac Manu – Chairperson.
b. Lawyer Frank Davies – Member.
c. Mr. Sekyere Abankwa – Member
d. Madam Rita Asobayire.
e. Hon. Yaw Baah
f. Madam Elizabeth Ohene
g. Hon Hackman Owusu Agyemang
h. Hon. Cecelia Abena Dapaah
i. Hon. Oboshie Sai Coffie
The Vetting Committee shall disallow the candidature of any aspirant when it finds that such aspirant does not qualify to be a Presidential Candidate. It shall submit such findings in writing to the National Executive Committee, with a copy to the aspirant.
It shall be the obligation of the Member, seeking nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, to satisfy the Presidential Vetting Committee that the conditions stipulated in Article 13 (7) have been fulfilled, and any application, which does not comply with these conditions shall be rejected.
An aspirant, who is dissatisfied with such findings, may appeal against it to the National Executive Committee within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of notice of the findings, by filing an appeal in writing with the General Secretary.
“Where there are more than five contestants for nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, a Special Electoral College shall cast their votes by secret ballot for the first five contestants to be short-listed.”
“Where there is only one contestant for nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, the National Congress shall acclaim his/her nomination as the Party’s Presidential Candidate.”
“Where a contestant obtains more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast, he or she shall be the Party’s Presidential Candidate.”
“Where, however, no candidate obtains more than 50% of the vote cast, there shall be a run-off between the first two contestants and the contestant with a simple majority shall be the Party’s Presidential Candidate.”
In the event of a tie between the two contestants, the run-off will continue until one contestant obtains a simple majority.
Source: Kofi Atakora
