BY : DARI KWABENA MATHEW (+233552376423)
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Fifi Kwetey has said that the Election Directorate of the party would take full control over the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary primaries if the Electoral Commission (EC) is unable to show up tomorrow Saturday, May 13.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Friday, May 12, he said “The election directorate of the NDC will take full charge of the elections if the EC is unable to show up.”
He stressed, “if the EC is unable to be present to conduct this primary, we will ensure that the election directorate will be in charge.”
The EC earlier announced that it was not going to supervise the elections until after the determination of the injunction case filed at the High Court by a flagbearer aspirant Dr Kwabena Duffuor.
The EC said it did not want to be in contempt of the court hence the decision to pull out of the polls.
The EC made this known on Wednesday, May 10, after it met agents of all the three flagbearer hopefuls of the NDC.
But Dr Duffuor has withdrawn the case from court.
On the number of voters expected to cast their votes, Fiifi Quartey disclosed over 356,000 will be expected to participate in the election in 420 voting centres.
He also revealed that the party has boycotted the use of the Photo album and then use the delegates list. He urged all delegates to go to voting centres with the EC’s voters ID Card.
On his part, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah noted that he is happy that Dr. Kwabena Duffour has withdrawn his grievances from court to the party’s internal resolution.
He seized the opportunity to urged all party members who feel aggrieved to always resort to internal resolutions before heading to court.
