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Blame EC's sloppiness for new PPP errors - Tarzan
“[The EC] is admitting to its own sloppiness on the face of it re new PPP alleged infractions. Sad abuse of power,” the former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA) indicated in a tweet on Tuesday.
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According to him, the additional errors depict the ‘sloppiness’ by the EC.
READ ALSO: EC finds new errors in Nduom's forms
His comments come on the back of a Supreme Court ruling that ordered the EC to give the disqualified presidential nominees the opportunity to rectify anomalies on their nomination forms.
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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the election management body to extend the nomination period to November 8 and allow the candidates to correct their mistakes in order to contest the polls.
The court also ordered the discontinuation of the various court cases regarding the disqualification of other presidential aspirants.
The Electoral Commission has since 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 EC in a letter to the PPP, asked it to bring to it one Mr. Richard Aseda, who subscribed to the party’s flagbearer’s forms in two different districts.
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“Kindly take the requisite steps to procure the attendance of Mr. Richard Aseda (who is listed as a subscriber on pages 21 and 39 of your nomination) 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 is subscribed,” a letter from the EC stated.
It also said: “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.”
Some parties, however, feel that the extension period is too short and therefore feel they might not be able to make it.
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