The New Patriotic party (NPP) has outlined protocols governing the conduct of the January 27, 2024 primaries to ensure that they are conducted in transparent, free and fair atmosphere.
Justin Frimpong-Kodua, the General Secretary, explained at a press conference in Kumasi yesterday that, the protocols have been formulated to ensure the integrity of the exercise in the 108 constituencies.
He said each constituency would be allotted one voting centre, except advised otherwise by the Electoral Commission (EC) that will supervise the conduct of the primaries to ensure a free, fair and transparent elections, which are to start at 7am and end at 2pm on the voting day.
The General Secretary warned that no other individual shall not act to the detriment of the mandate of the EC and that all security activities are entrusted in the hands of the Ghana Police Service, who will ensure that only delegates duly identified have access to the voting parameter, where voting is held in the open.
“There will be no congregation on voting day and no campaigning and camping of delegates”, the scribe warned, and stressed that ‘T’ shirts and caps of contestants are banned, and all delegates are bound to leave the arena after voting.
He also stressed that machomen are not permitted at the parameter and those who dare come there would be arrested in the same manner as those who take pictures of the ballot, because it is deemed a criminal act besides nullifying such ballots.
Frimpong-Kodua also stressed that vote buying is criminal and those found to indulge in it would be sanctioned.
