We’ll Conduct Our Own Elections If EC Fails To Do So – Asiedu Nketiah | Politics

The Nationwide Chairman of the opposition Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has assured that Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary primaries will go forward as deliberate.

He mentioned the social gathering has already taken steps to resolve a courtroom swimsuit introduced towards it by one among its three presidential aspirants, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, which sought to injunct the social gathering from going forward with the elections.

Talking at a press convention in Accra on Friday, Might 12, 2023, the NDC’s Chairman mentioned, with the courtroom case now withdrawn, all was set for the social gathering to carry the interior elections.

He recommended Dr Duffuor and his staff for taking steps to withdraw the courtroom case they initiated towards the social gathering.

Mr Asiedu Nketiah, nevertheless, urged social gathering members to make use of the social gathering’s inside constructions to resolve any points they might have with the social gathering earlier than resorting to the courtroom.

He mentioned the social gathering has elaborate constructions to cope with all points concerning inside elections and that it was proper for social gathering members to exhaust such constructions earlier than going to courtroom.

He additional indicated that though the social gathering had entered into an settlement with the Electoral Fee (EC) to conduct the interior elections, the social gathering additionally reserves the fitting to make use of its personal mechanisms to conduct the mentioned elections if the EC fails to take action.

He mentioned the social gathering at the moment [Friday, May 12, 2023] held a Zoom assembly with its executives and have come to a conclusion that the interior elections stay an inside affair of the social gathering and no different exterior social gathering.

He mentioned the social gathering engaged the EC to conduct the election because the EC was a impartial social gathering, nevertheless, the social gathering won’t enable itself to be taken hostage by the EC.

Mr Asiedu Nketiah admonished aggrieved social gathering members who resort to courtroom to not add the EC as a celebration to their swimsuit because the social gathering has granted the EC an indemnity regarding their inside elections.