The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday urged Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) to take steps to correct additional errors on its nomination form.
The move came hours after the Supreme Court ordered the commission to allow all presidential aspirants to correct errors on their forms.
In a letter written to the PPP, the EC said the party should bring one Mr Richard Aseda who the commission said subscribed to Dr Nduom’s forms in two different districts.
The commission listed other discrepancies on the form which it said the PPP should correct within the extended nomination period.
The EC wrote similar letters pointing out errors to 11 other disqualified parties.
Below is the full letter from the EC to the PPP:
Dear Sir: Re-Presidential Election Nomination
We refer to the Supreme Court ruling on Monday 7, 2016 in the case of the R vs High Court (Commercial Division) Accra Ex Parte Electoral Commission (Applicant) and Papa Kwesi Nduom (Applicant).
The Court in the said case, ordered that the Electoral Commission extend the nomination period of Monday 7 November 2016 to 17.00 hours GMT on Tuesday 8 November 2016.
The court further ordered that you be given a hearing within the extended period and that we afford you the opportunity to comply with regulation 9 (2) (b) of CI 94, in appropriate cases.
You would recall that by our letter to you on October 10, 2016, we informed you of two subscriptions that were not as required by law on pages 21 and 39 of your form.
Following the ruling of the Supreme Court, which effectively extended the nomination period to November 8, 2016, and following the hearing provided you today, we should be grateful if you would do the following.
Kindly take the requisite steps to procure the attendance of Mr. Richar Aseda (who is listed as a subscriber on pages 21 and 39 of your form) at the head office of the Commission, prior to the close of nomination, to confirm that he actually subscribed to your forms and the district in which he subscribed.
Further, please find attached a list of other concerns and discrepancies found on your nomination form within the extended nomination period.
These include signatures which do not tally across copies of your form. Please be advised that in line with the requirements of law;
- You must have a minimum of two subscribers in every district of Ghana and that your subscribers are all validly registered voters;
- That your subscribers have duly endorsed your nomination papers as required by law.
- A subscriber cannot nominate more than one presidential candidate