Ahead of the National Executive elections and the Annual National Delegates Conference is slated for July 14 to July 16, 2022, by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), internal elections have begun in most areas across the Country.
At the polling station level, elections began last Saturday, February 19 and it is expected to end 5th March 2022 while the electoral area elections would be held from March 18 to March 20, 2022.
Application forms can be obtained from polling stations and the electoral area election committee at a fee of GH¢10.
According to the guidelines approved by the National council, no prospective aspirant shall be denied access to the purchase of the application forms, and if denied he or she has the right to put in a petition.
An applicant, according to the approved guidelines, is also required to be a known or active member of the party at the polling station or electoral area he or she seeks to contest.
The committee under the regulations is also required to receive completed application forms from prospective aspirants with three passport size photographs not later than three days to the polling station or electoral area elections.
Among the requirements, the name of an aspirant must be captured in an updated polling station register and must be a card-bearing member who votes at the same polling station or electoral area he or she is contesting.
After these, constituency executive elections will be held at the Constituency Annual Delegates Conference to be supervised by a Constituency Election Committee would be held between April 22 and April 24, 2022.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Kofi Atakora
