…..?Over Fraudulent Disqualification Of Aspirants
The Former Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Babal Jamal has faulted Mr. Ade-Coker, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the party for disqualifying aspirants without any tangible reasons assigned to it.
According to Baba Jabal, reasons for their disqualification should be made known to them and not just writing them letters under the heading ?To Whom It May Concerned?.
He explained that individual cases differ from one another and therefore becomes problematic to write general letters to aspirants without specifying the basis for their disqualification from the elections.
He pleaded with the leadership of Greater Accra Region to immediately take steps to redress the issues in order not to allow members dragged the party to court.
In this same disqualification spree by Mr. Ade-Coker, some aspirants in the Ningo Prampram have placed an injunction on the constitution elections slated for 8th September, 2014.
An Accra Fast High Court on Friday restrained the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and two of its affiliates from organizing the youth, women and executive elections in the Ningo Prampram Constituency.
The NDC and two affiliate bodies of the party: the Ningo Constituency and the Greater Accra Regional Executive Committee, who were restrained, had scheduled Constituency Executive Elections on September 8.
The four plaintiffs contended that they had been disqualified from contesting the elections by its Vetting Committee in the Ningo Prampram Constituency.
This was after the court presided over by Mr Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh granted an ex-parte motion filed by four party members. The members are Michael Kwetey Tetteh, John Doku Nartey, John Mensah and Daniel Tetteh Lartey.
The order has 10 days to elapse.
The order came after Mr Godwin Kudzo Tamakloe, counsel for Plaintiffs had gone before the court with an order for an interim injunction against the NDC and its two wings from organizing the women, youth and executive elections in the Ningo Prampram Constituency in the Greater Accra Region pending the determination of a substantive matter.
The four members had gone to court to seek a declaration that their disqualification by the Vetting Committee Constituted by Michael Tetteh and John Doku Nartey was illegal, unlawful and clear violation of Article 42 (1) of the NDC.
According to the plaintiffs, their disqualification was done in breach of the fundamental requirement of natural justice and that they should be given fair hearing.
Plaintiffs were also seeking an order directed at the defendants to allow them to contest the upcoming Constituency Executive Committee Elections at Ningo Prampram as per a memorandum of understanding signed by their Acting Regional organizer, Anthony Nukpenu.
Below Is An Unedited Press Statement by NDC grassroots in Greater Accra Region on fraudulent disqualifications by Mr. Joseph Kobina Ade Coker ? Regional Chairman, NDC ? GREATER .
By Samuel Appah-Peniel/THE MOMENT
