Sentences with phrase «errors on the nomination»

The Electoral Commission has announced new errors on the nomination form of the flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, and other disqualified presidential hopefuls in the 2016 elections.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the EC's suit challenging the High Court ruling asking the Commission to allow Dr Nduom to correct the errors on his nomination forms.

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 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.

But lawyers of the PPP argued that, the EC did not give them the opportunity to correct the errors on the nomination forms.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), says it has detected 33 new errors on the nomination forms of the National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential nominee, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings.

The court in its ruling on Friday, October 28, 2016 ordered the EC to allow Dr. Nduom to correct the errors on his nomination forms.

Following the Electoral Commission's (EC) detection of 33 new errors on the nomination forms of the National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential aspirant, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the NDP has accused the EC of victimising it.

The 12, including the Progressive People's Party's (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, who secured a High Court ruling in his favour, were disqualified by the Electoral Commission for commiting various errors on their nomination forms.

This follows the Supreme Court ruling that ordered them to extend the period for the receipt of nomination to the close of Tuesday, November 8, to enable disqualified presidential hopefuls to correct errors on their nomination forms.

The flagbearer of the All People's Party (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has welcomed a High Court order to the Electoral Commission to allow him correct errors on his nomination forms describing the judgment as proof that the nation's democracy is working.

Not exact matches

She got there by human error within the FBI... the FBI agent filled out the nomination form in a way exactly opposite from the instructions on the form, a bureaucratic analogy to a surgeon amputating the wrong digit — human error, yes, but of considerable consequence.

Akua Donkor and 12 others were disqualified by the Electoral Commission on October 10 after it found various irregularities and errors, some of which the Commission says bother on criminality, on their nomination forms.

Meanwhile, the disqualified Presidential candidate of APC, Hassan Ayariga has blamed the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, for the errors committed on the nomination forms of disqualified applicants.

«It is demonstrable failure and an indictment on the competence of the Commissioner that only 4 of her class of 17 political parties and independent aspiring presidential candidates were able to understand and complete the nomination forms without error and to submit them at her own appointed time of 29th and 30th September 2016,» Amidu's statement said.

In a statement, Mr Amidu said the EC should be held accountable for the errors made on the nomination forms as she failed to educate the aspirants on the process involved.

Thus the Commission has said it is of the view that «falsified signatures on nomination forms constitute a matter for criminal investigation and are not mere anomalies or clerical errors, which should be pointed out to candidates for corrections to be effected.»

According to the lawyers, the EC on the day of filing their nomination form allowed them to correct some errors on it but failed to give them an opportunity to correct the errors the EC used as basis for invalidating Ayariga's nomination.

According to the lawyers, the EC on the day of filing their nomination form allowed them to correct some errors on it but failed to give them an opportunity to correct the errors the EC used as basis for invalidating...

That the Apex Court agreed with the Commission that the High Court committed an error of law apparent on the face of the record by holding that the Commission did not fix a nomination period.