The Electoral Commission will today, Wednesday, November 9 give a final declaration as to which of the disqualified presidential aspirants will take part in the December 7 polls.
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Fate of disqualified presidential aspirants to be known today
Eight out of the 13 disqualified presidential candidates on Tuesday resubmitted their nomination forms as at 5 p.m.
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The parties who successfully submitted their forms include the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), National Democratic Party (NDP), All People’s Congress (APC), Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), and United Progressive Party (UPP).The rest are the United Front Party (UFP), People’s National Convention (PNC), and an independent candidate, Asiedu Walker.The candidates who could not submit their forms stand automatically disqualified.
The Electoral Commission was hopeful that the forms resubmitted by the candidates would meet the requirement of the C.I.94, the law governing the 2016 elections.
Many of the disqualified aspirants are praying that the Electoral Commission will receive their revised nomination forms.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.
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The court also ordered the discontinuation of the various court cases regarding the disqualification of other presidential aspirants.
The ruling followed an application filed at the Supreme Court by the EC after it was dissatisfied with an Accra High Court ruling describing its disqualification of PPP's Presidential Candidate, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom as unfair.
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