The Electoral Commission (EC) has set 23 May for the by-election in the Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti Region.
The by-election, which is in accordance with Article 112 (5) of the Constitution, as amended, follows the death of Philip Basoah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area.
Basoah, a former district chief executive for Kumawu and a third term MP on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), passed on Tuesday 28 March at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
A statement issued and signed by the chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, said the commission will receive nominations for the by-election at its Sekyere Kumawu District office from 2 May to 5 May.
It said the commission will receive the nominations from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm each day.
The EC said candidates are required to download the nomination forms from the commission’s website (www.ec.gov.gh) from 14 April to 5 May.
The commission has pegged the filing fee for the election at GHC10,000.
It said, “a prospective candidate may personally deliver or cause to be delivered on his/her behalf by either the proposer or seconder of his/her nomination, the completed nomination forms to the returning officer at the Sekyere Kumawu District office of the commission, on the dates and times stated above.
“The nomination forms for each candidate shall be witnessed by the signature or mark of two registered voters, as proposer and seconder, and supported by eighteen other registered voters in the constituency as assenting to the nominations.”
The NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are preparing feverishly for the by-election.
Whereas the NDC has already selected a candidate, the NPP is expected to hold its primaries on Sunday 23 April to select a candidate.
Source: asaaseradio
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