The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that it has not received any correspondence concerning the schedule of events for the general elections this year from the Electoral Commission.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), which lambasted the commission for making the calendar public, echoed the views in the statement.
There is a notable countdown to the height of the political season as reports suggest that the Electoral Commission will accept nominations for the presidential and parliamentary elections this year from September 9 to September 13. On September 23, 2024, votes for the presidential ballot will be cast; on September 24, 2024, votes for the legislature will be cast.
Furthermore, the Electoral Commission expects to declare the results of the 2024 presidential polls within three days of the voting exercise, provided everything proceeds as planned.
As part of its activities for the 2024 general election, the Electoral Commission will conduct a voters’ registration exercise from May 7 to May 27, 2024, and will also undertake a nationwide exercise to replace missing voter ID cards starting from May 30, 2024.
The registration exercise will be preceded by a 56-day public education campaign, which will run from April 1 to May 26, 2024.
In an Eyewitness News interview with Nii Larte Lartey on Citi FM on Monday, Evans Nimako, Director of Research and Elections of the NPP, highlighted that the party had only received an invite for an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting from the Electoral Commission on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
“The NPP has not received any official communication from the EC concerning the programme of activities for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.”
“All that we have gotten is a notice of invitation to for an IPAC meeting to be held on Thursday 7th of this month at the EC Headquarters so I will also confirm that we have not received any such communication from the EC,” he said.
