NDC Members To Injunct Okaikoi North Branch Elections Over Disqualification Regulation
Some members of the leading opposition party,National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Okaikoi North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region have threatened to place an injunction on the branch elections there over a disqualification regulation. Rexford Amegbor said they will resist any attempt to disqualify candidates based on rules and regulations that are not specified in the branch election guidelines and the NDC Constitution. Okaikoi North NDC Constituency Chairman, Fiifi Taylor has said the executives will disqualify any candidate who is contesting for a position in a polling station he does notcast his ballot.But Mr Amegbor and another member, Philip Doe have warned they will stay the branch election if the Constituency chairman carries out his disqualification plan. “What Mr Taylor is saying is at variance with the branch election guidelines released by the party’s highest body – National Executive Council (NEC),” an outraged Mr Amegbor said. He said Regulations 4 and 6 of...