The National Democratic Party (NDP), has threatened to expose the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, following the party’s disqualification from the upcoming presidential election.
The party’s flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, wife of former President Rawlings, was disqualified by the Electoral Commission for failing to meet some requirements of the electoral laws ahead of the December polls.
She was disqualified together with twelve (12) other presidential aspirants.
In explaining the NDP’s disqualification, the EC explained that, “The Commission is unable to accept Mrs. Rawlings’ nomination because the number of subscribers to her forms did not meet the requirements of Regulation 7 (2) (b) of CI 94. One subscriber on page 89 of her nomination forms is not a validly registered voter, and illegally registered twice and so is on the Exclusion list of multiple voters. Details are Salifu Abdulai District: Nanumba South, Voter ID no: 6617004814 (28.3.2012), Voter ID no: 2126900022 (04.8.2014).”
But according to the Deputy Communications Director of the NDP, Ernest Owusu Bempah, the disqualification of the party’s flagbearer is a deliberate attempt by the EC to ensure the NDP does to contest in the elections.
“This is a deliberate attempt by Charlotte Osei and the EC to disqualify us… they should clap for themselves for tarnishing the image of our multiparty democracy in the country, and deliberately running into the pockets of the government of the day and trying to please their pay masters,” Mr Bempah told Richard Sky on Eyewitness News.
Owusu Bempah challenged the Electoral Commission’s reasons for his party’s disqualification stating that, the EC must provide additional information on the basis for their disqualification.
“You can’t just come and disqualify somebody because you have stated reasons. This is totally unacceptable and as a party we are going to take a strong decision on this particular one and we are going to go out there and make sure that if we can fight this to the highest level; we will do that to make sure we will never allow this one to pass. It is totally unacceptable, we know as far as we are concerned as a party that, we filled the document and we provided all the information that they [EC] needed, he said.
“If she [Charlotte Osei] wants to go that tangent, we will strip her naked in this country for everybody to know.. we are all ready to play that game. She should come out and tell us who she really is,” he concluded.
Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings in a Facebook post after the announcement of her disqualification said “the NDP is not backing down”.
This is the second time Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has been disqualified from the presidential race.
In 2012, she was disqualified by the Electoral Commission from contesting in the presidential elections over her inability to appropriately fill her nomination forms.
The party subsequently threatened a court action against the EC; but failed in its attempt to secure an injunction against that election. In the view of the NDP, they were disqualified largely because of machinations from the incumbent NDC.
On Konadu Rawlings' facebook wall
Source: citifmonline.com
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MRS CHARLOTTE OSEI SAID KONADU DONT DARE .........U WILL GO AND MEET HER.... ASNTE VRS AKIM
I KNOW MRS. CHARLOTTE OSEI MUM IS AKIM FROM EASTERN REGION BUT ASK MRS.KUNADU AGYEMAN RAWLINGS WHERE HER HUSBAND FATHER IS FROM .........
i think is rather good for u, just get ur refund and move on cos no one will vote for you anyway.
Ghanafo) kasa papa, stop blaming the woman cos how will she know someone got a double registration if the person sign for her? That is the work of the EC so the only think was to call and let her know of the double registration and rather look for another person to sign, i wonder if the one who signed for jM no get double registration too self.
BIG SHAME on you Nana Konadu. After 20 years as first lady, you cannot organize a team to properly fill forms...Common form filling you cannot do???, ...and you have the effrontery to insult others? Please hide somewhere in shame. I am disappointed in you.
With her tiny legs and insulting mouth surrounded with ***barred word*** how can she fill ordinary forms correctly
Konadu can never fill a mere form. What else is she capable of doing, besides stealing and insulting?
Nyame aa onp3 boni...your daughter is in NDC and standing for parliamentary candidate yet you and your husband will always insult and disgrace president Mahama and the NDC just because you lost to late prof. Mills...and you and your husband dont regard President Mahama...now you see how life is...Ayariga did same to Nana Addo now you see he has rather been retired...Just pray your daughter wins though i feel the sins of the parents shouldnt be visited on their young but you and your husband will be responsible for her loss too..
Those npp folks who are crying should rather be happy because if they really want one touch they don't need any of these bitter folks to be in the election and spoil ***barred word*** party with 1 percent and so forth that can derail their quest for power. The woman has tasted power for several years, so what is hair problem now.
Ghana's Jezebel has been booted out again.Disgrace paaa be this??I don't think Jezebel Konadu can even fill an assemblyman form correctly.No wonder Ghana stagnated for the 19 years her husband was in power.