Sentences with phrase «disqualified aspirants»

The Supreme Court presided over by Justice Sophia Adinyira subsequently on Monday [November 7], gave its verdict that the EC should allow the all disqualified aspirants a period of up to the close of day November 8, to correct their errors and resubmit their forms.

He therefore suggested that the EC, «for the purposes of moving forward, should invite all the 12 disqualified aspirants and see how these errors can be corrected.»

The Center respectively calls on the EC to pull back from the brink of electoral and potential constitutional chaos, as well as collapse of our nascent democratic experiment, and to allow the disqualified aspirants to correct the errors that formed the basis of their earlier disqualification, as ordered by the Supreme Court.

A disqualified aspirant Nabur Berrick headed to court and secured the injunction after he was was disqualified for failing to meet the party's constitutional provision which stipulates that any parliamentary aspirant must be of good standing for...

The primary was put on hold last month, following a suit filed against the party by a disqualified aspirant, Jim Morti.

It is useful to recall that at the NEC meeting held on August 18, 2015 when the decision was taken on the primaries in Adansi Asokwa, it was both the Ashanti Regional Chairman and the 3rd National Vice Chairman, whose views persuaded the NEC to overturn the National Appeals Committee decision to disqualify aspirant Mr. Richard Anokye and uphold the earlier regional vetting committee decision to allow him to contest in the parliamentary primaries.

The National Democratic Congress» (NDC) November 21 primary in the Ketu South Constituency is in limbo after a disqualified aspirant, Jim Yao Morti sued the party and the incumbent Member of Parliament, Fiifi Kwetey.

A disqualified aspirant Nabur Berrick headed to court and secured the injunction after he was was disqualified for failing to meet the party's constitutional provision which stipulates that any parliamentary aspirant must be of good standing for four years.

Not exact matches

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday 10th October 2016 disqualified the People's National Convention's (PNC) Dr. Edward Mahama, Hassan Ayariga's All People's Congress (APC),, the Progressive People's Party's (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, and other aspirants from contesting in the December elections.

Despite an interlocutory injunction suit filed against the process by a disqualified flagbearer - aspirant Onsy Nathan Kwame Nkrumah, Chairman of the party, Prof Edmund Delle has said the presidential primaries will come off as planned.

The ballot for positions on the presidential ballot paper has however been suspended until the court cases filed by some disqualified presidential aspirants have been dealt with, Mr Eric Dzakpasu, Head of Communications at the EC has said.

Correction Of Mistakes On Nomination Forms Of Disqualified Presidential Aspirants Ends @ 5 PM Today

Husein, a serving commissioner in the state, and one of the two aspirants that were presented for the screening exercise, was disqualified for his failure to comply with the party's guidelines and electoral law.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has disqualified 24 parliamentary aspirants from contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Ashanti Region.

All thirteen presidential aspirants were disqualified over their inability to appropriately complete their nomination forms.

The Electoral Commission on Monday disqualified Hassan Ayariga's All People's Congress (APC), the People's National Convention's (PNC) Dr. Edward Mahama, the Progressive People's Party's (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, and ten other aspirants from contesting in the December presidential elections.

As the process for the selection of the party flag bearer in the July 8 by - election within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), in Osun West Senatorial District continues, one of the two aspirants, Senator Mudashir Hussein has been allegedly disqualified.

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and her running mate, Kojo Mensah Sosuh, have petitioned the Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei, through private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah, to reinstate them, after they were disqualified from participating in the December presidential elections, alongside twelve other aspirants.

The party has ahead of the primaries suspended a disqualified parliamentary aspirant in Ketu South, Jim Yao Morti while another contender, Albert Zigah has also been disqualified.

One of the three aspirants hoping to unseat the Majority Leader, Alban Bagbin, filed a suit seeking to disqualify a contender, Roger Galeh from the race.

The APC flag bearer, after he was disqualified by the Electoral Commission from participating in the December polls as a presidential aspirant angrily said he had spent $ 6million on his campaign vehicles alone and, therefore, accused the EC of being unfair to him.

The PPP had accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of being selective in the disqualification of presidential aspirants and said even though the NPP and NDC for instance did not meet the requirements set, they were not disqualified.

Dr Nduom was part of 13 aspirants disqualified from contesting in the elections over alleged illegalities on their nomination forms.

The All People's Congress» (APC) aspirant, together with 12 other presidential aspirants, were disqualified from contesting in this year's presidential elections by the Electoral Commission for failing to meet the electoral requirement of filling their nomination forms.

«Instead of rushing to disqualify them [the aspirants] contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.»

Instead of rushing to disqualify them contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.

This follows a Supreme Court judgment ordering the EC to allow the 13 disqualified presidential aspirants, to correct the errors on their nomination forms, by extending the nomination period.

The PPP was is challenging the EC's decision to disqualify its presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the presidential race.

In the CDD's view, the EC had already detailed reasons for disqualifying the 13 presidential aspirants on October 10, 2016, and it was for these reasons that the aspirants went to court seeking to overturn the disqualification.

Dr. Nduom was disqualified along with 12 other presidential aspirants after anomalies were cited in his filed nomination forms.

It is amazing that the Commissioner failed or refused to realize that her impunity in not complying with the Constitution and the law in disqualifying the aspiring candidates disclosed more about her failure as the head of the Electoral Commission than the ignorance or lack of attention on the part of the aspirants in filling the complex nomination forms designed by her office for the Presidential Elections.

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD - Ghana), has described the Electoral Commission's (EC) detection of new errors on the nomination forms of the previously disqualified presidential aspirants for the December polls as deeply troubling.

Citi FM headed its publication as «Why Nduom and 12 presidential aspirants were disqualified.»

In a statement, Martin Amidu said: «Instead of rushing to disqualify them [the aspirants] contrary to the due process of law (particularly the right to alter or amend as provided by law and natural justice) and gloating on her competence in the unlawful application of C.I. 94 she should have resigned for failing in her functions to educate the aspirants for the complex nomination electoral process and its purpose.»

The CDD in a statement reminded that the EC took the matter to the Supreme Court, ostensibly to bring finality to the many suits at the courts, challenging its decision to disqualify a number of presidential aspirants.

It is also challenging the EC's decision to disqualify its presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the...

The EC detailed reasons for disqualifying the thirteen presidential aspirants on 10th October 2016.

According to the party, the EC and its Chairperson were happy to disqualify most of the aspirants.

Dr. Edward Mahama and 12 other presidential aspirants were disqualified on Monday by...

Dr. Henry Lartey was disqualified by the Commission, alongside 12 other aspirants,...

He explained that after the screening, some aspirants were disqualified based on some local zoning arrangement, while others were screened out because they did not meet up the party's strict requirements for possible success at the polls.

According to him, some electorates have the impression that all parliamentary aspirants of the PPP were also disqualified.

A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Electoral Committee, O.B. Amoah, has blamed the disqualified presidential aspirants and their parties for their respective disqualifications from the December 7 presidential race.

This is because some aggrieved members of the party have gone to court over what they say is the refusal of the party's Congress Committee to disqualify one of the aspirants, Bernard Mornah.

According to Martin Amidu, the Commission is relying on a tricky part of Monday's Supreme Court judgment, to still disqualify the disgruntled presidential aspirants.

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has accused Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) of unfairly introducing new guidelines on the re-submission of nomination forms by disqualified presidential aspirants.

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November 8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants.

One of the persons contesting for the chairmanship slot of the People's National Convention (PNC) want's another aspirant, Bernard Mornah disqualified from the race.

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the EC's case challenging Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom's disqualification, and ordered the Commission to rather extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November, 8 2016, for all disqualified presidential aspirants.

Mr. Akapame argued that, since all the twelve aspirants that were disqualified had different levels of errors, «we need to find out how the EC intends to implement this directive of the Supreme Court.»