With just days to the New Patriotic Party’s Special Delegate Congress, leaders of the party have assured aspirants to enforce guidelines agreed upon by aspirants themselves in order to ensure a transparent congress come August 26, 2023.
The guidelines are expected to regulate the conduct of of delegates and the entire election process to select five out of the ten aspirants seeking to lead the party in the 2024 general elections.
Some key guidelines of the party are that no aspirant will appoint government officials and any delegate listed to vote in the elections as agents (whether Special Electoral College or the Main Election).
The government officials include but are not limited to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, Ministers of State and Chief Executive Officers of state-owned enterprises, Regional Executives and Constituency Executives.
The guidelines further indicate that the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Police should enforce and prevent delegates from taking their phones and other photographic gadgets to the voting screen.
Additionally, the EC will use complex serial numbers to avoid ballots being traced to voters at a later date, and that the Electoral Management body should deny influencers and “Machomen” access to the voting centres.
Ballots are also expected to be counted and declared immediately after the close of poll at each voting center, and each aspirants will have two accredited agents but at all times he would be represented by one Polling Agent at each Polling Station.
