According to him, the GH¢100,000 filing fee is a way to marginalise the minority political parties to give room for just the two major political parties; the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to contest in the December polls. In an interview with GhanaWeb, Mr Awingobit stated that “Our 1992 constitution did not give an opportunity to only inter-two party political state. He was of the view that the EC should have rather protected the smaller political parties by retaining the GH¢50,000 presidential filing fee for all to partake. “I completely frown on that; that we still use filing fees to juxtapose by denying minority parties of not filing for the 2020 elections”. The Electoral Commission on Monday, September 15, 2020, announced that Presidential candidates are required to pay GH¢100,000 as filing fees while Parliamentary candidates pay an amount of GH¢10,000.

Source: GhanaWeb September 15, 2020 13:30 UTC