The Electoral Commission of Ghana has listed 17 political parties whose registration it intends to revoke for failure to establish national and regional offices in the country.
The EC in a statement said these parties have not met the requirements of the Political Parties Act 2000.
It therefore gave them up to Thursday, October 20, 2022 to show proof why their registrations should not be cancelled.
“The Commission intends to invoke Section 15 (3) (c) of the Political Parties Act of 2000, Act 574, which mandates it to cancel the registration of Political Parties which do not have offices at the National and Regional levels.”
”In this vein, the following Political Parties are by this notice requested to show cause in writing to the Electoral Commission why their registration should not be cancelled,” it added in the notice published on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
The Electoral Commission explained that it undertook a nationwide exercise to inspect the offices of all registered political parties from May 16, 2022 to June 9, 2022.
Following the nationwide inspection, it came to light that the 17 under-listed Political Parties have no offices at the national and regional levels.
The parties include; the United Progressive Party (UPP) led by Akwasi Addae, popularly known as Odike.
Another one on the list is the United Front Party (UFP), which is being led currently by Nana Agyenim Boateng popularly known as 'Gyataba' following disagreements with Odike.
The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), formed by Dr Obed Yao Asamoah, the National Reform Party (NRP) led by Goosie Tanoh, the Reform Patriotic Democrats and a host of others are all on the list.
The rest are; Democratic People's Party (DPP), United Development System Party (UDSP), Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE), Yes People's Party (YPP), United Ghana Movement (UGM), New Vision Party (NVP), Ghana Democratic Republican Party (GDRP) and the Ghana National Party (GNP).
The others include; the Power Unity Party (PUP), People's Action Party (PAP), United Renaissance Party (URP) and the United Love Party (ULP).
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