Acting Director of Elections and Information Technology for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mhadi Jibril Mr. Jibril also commented on the recent Supreme Court ruling seeking to abolish the delegates system for electing presidential and parliamentary candidates.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Kwadwo Baffour at the J.J. Rawlings House in Accra yesterday, Mhadi Jibril said the NDC was not surprised by the ruling because party members had long raised concerns about the disadvantages of the delegate system.
He said the concerns about the delegate system have been with us for a while. Our members have been speaking about the challenges and disadvantages. So this ruling did not come to us as a surprise.
He urged members to maintain unity and discipline as the party prepares for the next phase of its internal elections.
He also addressed petitions from large constituencies seeking to be split.
According to him, Constituencies like Dome-Kwabenya, Kasoa, Awutu-Senya, Kwabre East and other populous areas as requesting to be divided into two or three constituencies to ensure better representation and service delivery by MPs and all these come at a cost.
He therefore said , what we need is discipline. Even if we split the constituencies, discipline is the only thing that will make the work easy.
He further reminded party members of a key provision in the NDC constitution regarding government appointees who want to contest party positions.
He explained that there is a law in our party constitution that says if you are a government worker and you want to contest a position within the NDC, you must defer your job at least 6 months ahead of the elections.
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