The primaries, which were to be held in constituencies they won in 2016 have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NPP suspends parliamentary primaries indefinitely due to coronavirus
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has postponed its parliamentary primaries scheduled to come off on April 25 indefinitely.
John Boadu, General Secretary of the NPP
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The party said in a statement stated that: “The National Steering Committee, by reason of Article 10(10)(1) of the party’s constitution, is the body responsible for overseeing the daily management of the party, and thus, mandated to “act on behalf of the party on urgent matters” such as in the circumstances we find ourselves as a party and nation owing to the COVID-19 pandemic."
"It would, indeed, be recalled that the President of the Republic, on April 12, 2020, extended, pursuant to EI 64, the ban on social gathering including religious and political activities by additional two weeks. i.e. from April 12 to April 26, 2020, as part of measures to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus in the country.”
NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay
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The decision to suspend the primaries was decided at a National Steering Committee meeting.
Portions of the NPP’s statement concluded by saying: “In the light of this development, the party is unable to hold the primaries as planned, and has accordingly postponed same till further notice. The party regrets all inconveniences that this may occasion, and hopes to hold this crucial exercise, sooner than later.”
The NPP has 169 sitting Members of Parliament out of the total 275 seats in parliament.
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