Kwabre East NPP Ready For Primary Contest

Barring any last-minute change, party folks in the NPP will be called to a Constituency Delegates Conference on 25th April 2020 to elect parliamentary candidates in "parent constituencies" for the 2020 general elections.

As has been the practice in previous elections, the processes leading up to the election has been opening of nominations, picking of nomination forms, filing of nomination forms, vetting of candidates and declaration of qualified candidates. The party also made provision for an appeal by candidates who feel dissatisfied after the vetting.

In the Ashanti region, there has been controversies in a number of constituencies including Kwabre East. By the close of nominations, two persons had filed: the incumbent, Hon Francisca Oteng Mensah, and Lawyer Anthony Osei-Poku.

The two appeared before the regional vetting committee and were duly vetted. Few days after the vetting, a list emerged, purported to have been produced by the vetting committee outlining candidates who were successful at the vetting and therefore qualified to contest in the elections. For Kwabre east, only the incumbent's name was on this list.

Lawyer Osei-Poku was not informed of his supposed "disqualification". He only learnt from the list. He therefore petitioned the appeals committee at the headquarters and was given a hearing. We are yet to receive the verdict of the appeals committee. Their verdict would bring finality to candidates cleared to contest in Kwabre East in the upcoming primaries. Until then, there is no parliamentary candidate in the constituency as the party chairman Mr. Opoku Agyemang Bonsu cautioned party officers to be careful in dealing with the matter at hand.