Politics of Tuesday, 15 September 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comIt is too much - PPP, CPP lament GH¢100,000 presidential filing feePPP National Secretary, Papa Kow AckonThe leadership of the Progressive Peoples Party and Convention People’s Party have lamented the ‘high cost’ of the Electoral Commission's GH¢100,000 presidential nomination filing fee for the December 7 elections. The National Secretary of the PPP, Papa Kow Ackon disclosed that the EC should have held consultations before putting up such a fee, sighting the 2016 charge as a yardstick. Papa Kow Ackon explained that the EC could have done better by taking into consideration how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected businesses and the economy. The Convention People's Party (CPP) who also shared a similar concern about the fee questioned why the price for aspiring members of parliament was retained. The timeline for filing of nominations for the presidential and parliamentary races has been set for October 5th to 9th, 2020.

Source: GhanaWeb September 15, 2020 06:33 UTC