News:
June 30, 2011
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has canceled the Parliamentary Primary held in the Okaikoi South constituency due to the flawed nature of the vetting process.
The decision follows lengthy deliberations by the NEC on the work and findings of the Ambrose Dery chaired Committee set up to go into the protests arising out of the Okaikoi South Parliamentary Primary held on the 30th April, 2011.
Ahmed Arthur won the earlier election when he beat Vicky Bright who was widely tipped to win the seat considering she had worked in the Castle and had the backing of some highly placed and influential people in government.
Vicky Bright had earlier challenged the election results, which show that she lost to Ahmed Arthur. According to Ms Bright, the voting process was flawed and accompanied by foul play.
A statement signed by the General Secretary of the NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie stated that the National Executive in collaboration with the Regional and Constituency Executive bodies would therefore reopen a fresh process for all interested parties to partake, including the aspirants who contested the April 30th Primary. A time table would be issued in due course to guide the conduct of the process.
It added that the Party leadership would like to call on all interested parties within and outside the constituency to remain calm and help the party structures in conducting a peaceful, incident free re-run of the Primary.
Story by :Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh