The much-awaited date for the Presidential and Parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party has been released after meeting of the National Executive Committee and the National Council on Monday, April 3.
The National Council which is the second highest decision-making body of the party after congress previously couldn’t reach consensus – calling for broader consultations.
Now, the party has announced a timetable for both presidential and parliamentary primaries ahead of the 2024 general elections.
The party is expected to open nomination for the presidential elections on 26th May, and closed on 24th June, 2023. The party will also conduct a Special Electoral College election on August 26 if the presidential hopefuls are more than five candidates.
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, in a statement has confirmed to THE CUSTODIAN that the National Congress is slated on November 4, 2023 to elect a successor of President Nana Akufo-Addo moving into the 2024 general elections.
The governing party is expected to also open nomination on 16th June and closed on 14th July, 2023, for the conduct of parliamentary primaries across all orphan constituencies or constituencies where the party do not have sitting Members of Parliament.
The elections in these constituencies are slated from August 1 to December 2, 2023.
This will be followed by the election of parliamentary candidates in 137 constituencies where the NPP has sitting MPs.
The party is scheduled to open and closed nomination from December 20, to January 4, 2024 with the primaries date slated on February 24, 2024.
Meanwhile, the National Council has also approved detailed rules and regulations to govern the conduct of the party’s internal contest.
The party will not also allow any National, Regional, Constituency Executives and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives to contest the incumbent MPs.
