The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced its decision to revoke the registration of some 17 political parties in the country for flouting regulations.
According to the EC, these political parties do not have offices at the national and regional levels as required by section 15 (1) (Act 574).
Hence, their decision to cancel their registration of the parties from the commission’s registry after conducting a nationwide exercise from May 16 to June 9, 2022.
The EC served these notices in a statement sighted in a publication of the Daily Graphic.
“In a bid to ensure compliance with section 22 (1) of the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574), the Electoral Commission undertook a nationwide exercise to inspect the offices of all registered political parties in Ghana.
“Following the nationwide inspection, it came to light that the under-listed Political Parties have no offices at the national and regional levels as required by section 15 (1) (Act 574).
“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,” the EC’s statement reads.
The following are the unlisted 17 political parties which included United Front Party belonging to Akwasi Addai Odike.
Democratic People’s Party (DPP), United Front Party (UFP), United Development System Party (UDSP), Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE), Yes People’s Party (YPP), United Ghana Movement (UGM), Democratic Freedom Party (DFP).
Others are New Vision Party (NVP), Ghana Democratic Republican Party (GDRP), Ghana National Party (GNP)
Power Unity Party (PUP), United Progressive Party (UPP).
The rest are; Reform Patriotic Democrats (RPD), People’s Action Party (PAP), United Renaissance Party (URP)
National Reform Party (NRP) and United Love Party (ULP).
Meanwhile, the EC has given the aforementioned political parties the opportunity to justify why it has no offices at the regional and national levels before it faces its wrath.
