General News of Tuesday, 15 September 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFiling fee for 2020 presidential candidates ‘outrageous’ – CDD fumesCDD-Ghana is a governance think tankGovernance think tank, Center for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana), has said the filing fee for presidential aspirants for the December polls announced on Monday, September 14, 2020, by the Electoral Commission (EC) is outrageous. His comments on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, follow the opening of nominations for the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday. Presidential aspirants are expected to pay GH¢100,000 as the filing fee and GH¢10,000 for parliamentary candidates. In 2016, the EC charged GH¢50,000 as filing fees for presidential candidates and GH¢10,000 for parliamentary aspirants. That excludes the filing fee, campaigning, and other expenses.

Source: GhanaWeb September 15, 2020 14:37 UTC