The Electoral Commission of Ghana has said it will be unable to supervise the upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress slated on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
The commission said it had been served with an injunction filed by Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, the main contender of former President John Dramani Mahama for the flagbearership slot.
Chairperson of the elections governing body, Jean Mensa, announced in a statement after a meeting held on Wednesday, May 10, that “in order that we are not cited for contempt, the Commission has taken the decision not to supervise the conduct of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections until after the determination of the case by the court.”
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Meanwhile, the former Finance Minister filed for an interlocutory injunction to stop the NDC and the Electoral Commission from holding the primaries pending the production of a complete photo album register.
Dr. Duffuor is also praying the court to compel the party to deliver the complete register to him at least five weeks ahead of the election.
According to the plaintiff, data from only 220 out of the 275 constituencies have been verified, alleging an exceptional list of 74,799 has been created which cannot also be verified because of scanty information. For no credible reason, 3,910 eligible voters at the 220 constituencies have been disenfranchised,” Dr. Duffuor’s writ read in parts.
