General News of Tuesday, 15 September 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFiling fees increment: 'Most unfunny joke ever' – CPP reacts to EC's justificationThe CPP says it will demonstrate against the increment in filing fees by the ECThe Convention Peoples Party has described as unfunny, the justification being given by the Electoral Commission as its decision to increase filing fees for presidential candidates seeking to contest in the 2020 general elections. According to the Youth Organiser of the CPP, Kofi Osei, the EC citing the value of the cedi to defend the increase from GHC50,000 to GHC100,000 for presidential candidates as well as the GHC50,000 being demanded of parliamentary candidates is an unfunny joke unheard of. “This is the most unfunny joke I’ve ever heard. The Electoral Commission made us understand that because they want to boost the local economy, they were doing a lot of their printing in Ghana. Send your news stories to and via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625.

Source: GhanaWeb September 15, 2020 13:52 UTC