Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has withdrawn from the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for Saturday, May 13.
In a statement released on Friday, May 12, Dr. Duffuor noted that taking part in the elections would be “akin to knowingly drinking from a poisoned calabash” due to irregularities with the voters’ register the party has failed to resolve despite the assurances.
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former Finance Minister has come under heavy criticism following his last-minute withdrawal from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential primaries.
Duffuor opted out of the race a day before the elections, citing errors in the voter register which he claimed were not resolved despite the assurances from the party.
Dr Kwabena Duffuor has justified his decision to withdraw from the presidential race of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) .
He said that the party was not ready to conduct free and fair election.
Aspiring Presidential Hopeful of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has pulled out from the Presidential race of the party after withdrawing his case against the party from the court.
The NDC delegates across the country will Saturday vote to elect Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries.
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has described Dr. Kwabena Duffuor as a true statement after he withdrew his court injunction against the party’s primaries this weekend.
The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana on Tuesday secured an interlocutory injunction from court to stop the NDC and the Electoral Commission from proceeding with the election scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 13.
A Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the issues that have characterized the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary election which have resulted in the injunction application filed by a flagbearer aspirant Dr Kwabena Duffuor.
Portions of Dr Duffuor’s application said.“The plaintiff avers that the partial delivery of the Photo Album to his representatives on 4th May 2023 was in itself out of time considering the magnitude of the verification exercise required of them before the internal elections of 13th May 2023,”
Private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah has opined that Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has made a good move by pulling out of the flagbearer race of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The former Bank of Ghana Governor on Friday night announced that he will no longer contest the presidential primaries of the opposition party held today.
Kwame Jantuah
Voting at Kpone-Katamanso for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primary has delayed due to the late arrival of electoral materials.
The voting materials arrived at 0730 hours.
However, police personnel, party officials, and delegates are eagerly waiting for the final arrangements towards the start of the elections.
All is set for the Akan NDC parliamentary and presidential primaries as election materials have arrived with officials from the Electoral Commission (EC) present.
The EC officials, led by Mr Justice Odame Frimpong, the Kadjebi District Electoral Officer, arrived at 0730 hours to oversee the voting process at the Dodi-Papase Senior High Technical School.
There is disagreement between constituency executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Awutu Senya East and regional executives over the choice of venue for the election this morning.
Constituency executives want the election to be held at the Odukpongkpehe School Park while the regional executives are pushing for the exercise to be conducted at the Ofaakor DA Basic School.
