THE NATIONAL Democratic Party (NDP) has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the Electoral Commission (EC) to rescind its decision to disqualify its presidential candidate, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, from contesting this year�s election.
The Brong Ahafo Regional executives of the party, who issued the ultimatum on Sunday afternoon during a press conference, said the NDP would go every length to fight for its rights by compelling the EC to accept the nomination forms of its flagbearer.
The Regional Chairman of the NDP, Nana Pantanpram, yesterday told DAILY GUIDE that the party had given the EC up to the close of work today (Monday) to revisit its decision from debarring Nana Konadu from participating in the presidential race.
According to Nana Pantanpram, if the EC failed to comply with their demand, the NDP would not hesitate to drag the EC before the court to compel them to do the right thing.
He advised Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, Chairman of the EC, and his officers not to do anything that would endanger the peace that Ghana was currently enjoying.
The B/A NDP Chairman said the action of the EC was a recipe for chaos and could mire the beauty of the up-coming elections as many people were not happy at all by the decision of the EC since Nana Konadu satisfied all the conditions required by the EC.
In his view, since Nana Konadu submitted her nomination forms in time and paid her filing fees, a mere error in the forms could not warrant her disqualification from the race.
He indicated that the same EC gave a respite to Dr Edward Mahama, the 2008 presidential candidate of the People�s National Convention (PNC), when the EC detected some errors in his nomination papers after he had submitted it.
The NDP chairman therefore stated that the EC had gone against its own regulations and appealed to Dr Afari Gyan to immediately rescind the decision.
He recounted how Nana Konadu, the founder of the 31st December Women�s Movement, had been a role model to women in this country and had championed their development including children in Ghana over the years, explaining that the action of the EC did not promote women�s participation in elections.
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