The Electoral Commission has delisted 17 political parties from its register as threatened few weeks ago.
This follows an exercise carried out by the commission between May and June 2022 to inspect the offices of the registered political parties across the regions.
After the exercise, the EC invoked Section 15 (3) (c) of the Political Parties Act of 2000, Act 574, which mandates it to cancel the registration of Political Parties which do not have offices at the National and Regional levels.
“The general public is hereby informed that the registration certificates of the underlisted political parties have been cancelled in accordance with Section 15 (3) (c) of the Political Parties Law, 2000 (Act 574) effective the 1st day of November 2022.”
Despite some political party founders such as Akwasi Addae Odike and others speaking against the move, University of Ghana’s Prof. Ransford Gyampo says the EC’s move is im the right direction and must be supported.
“Democracy is expensive, so if you have political parties worth their sort, and they satisfy all the requirements that make them political parties and say we practice multi-party democracy, then they should all be on the ballot papers if we have the resources.”
Below are the affected political parties;
Democratic People’s Party (DPP)
United Front Party (UFP)
United Development System (UDSP)
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere
Yes People’s Party (YPP)
United Ghana Movement (UGM)
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)
New Vision Party (NVP)
Ghana Democratic Republican Party (GDRP)
Ghana National Party (GNP)
Power Unity Party (PUP)
United Progressive Party (UPP)
Reform Patriotic Democrats (RPD)
People’s Action Party (PAP)
United Renaissance Party (URP)
National Reform Party (NRP)
United Love Party (ULP)
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
