Politics of Tuesday, 15 September 2020Source: Ghana GuardianElection 2020: Smaller parties beg for reduction in filing feesKofi Akpaloo and Hassan AyarigaThe filing fees announced by the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the December general election has angered some smaller political parties in the country. They described as outrageous the GH¢100,000 and GH¢10,000 filing fees for presidential and parliamentary candidates. He called on the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensah to take a second look and review the filing fees. In support, leader of Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Percival Akpaloo begged the EC to review the filing fees for the parliamentary candidates. Mr Akpaloo was, however, not bothered about the GH¢100,000 filing fee for presidential candidates.

Source: GhanaWeb September 15, 2020 03:00 UTC