The election was slated for Saturday, January 26, 2019, until court placed an interim injunction on it. members.
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Ghana’s largest opposition party has postponed its presidential primary election
The largest opposition party and the minority in parliament, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has postponed its election to elect the party’s presidential candidate for the 2020 election.
Ghana’s largest opposition party has postponed its presidential primary election
The party made the revelation on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, to reporters.
According to the Deputy National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Kobby Barlon, the party has postponed the election until further notice.
He said the plaintiffs and defendants had agreed on an out-of-court settlement when they appeared before an Accra High Court on Monday, January 14. They hence want to settle the case before the election is held.
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Background
Two members of the party, Mr Abdallah Issah and Mr James Kabu Nartey-Oman sued the party in December last year over the guidelines governing the party’s presidential primary.
They asked the court to declare the published guidelines for the conduct of the party’s presidential primary as null and void.
They also wanted the court to declare the procedures adopted by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in the preparation and presentation of the guidelines, together with the amendment without prior consultation of the National Council of Elders as unlawful.
Mr Abdallah Issah and Mr James Kabu Nartey-Oman wanted the NEC to organise the election in a free, fair and transparent manner while ensuring inclusiveness in accordance with the party’s Constitution.
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The Accra High Court then placed an interim injunction on the election until the case was settled.
The court presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa asked the parties to the case to furnish it with the terms of the settlement on Thursday, January 17.
This hence case caused the party to halt the vetting of the Presidential aspirants of the party, which was slated for January 20.
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