The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has drawn a comprehensive plan of action to reclaim political power in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
The plan, which included all internal elections and the biometric re-registration of party members, was adopted at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting last Thursday. It was chaired by the National Chairman and Leader of the party, Mr Kofi Portuphy, and in attendance were representatives from all the 10 regions.
Details of plan
Disclosing details of the plan to the Daily Graphic in Accra last Friday, the Deputy General Secretary (Operations), Mr Koku Anyidoho, said branch elections across the length and breadth of the country were scheduled for the last week of January 2018 while March 24 and 25, 2018 had been set aside for constituency elections.
The deputy general secretary stated that Regional Youth/Women and Zongo Caucus elections would come off between June 2 and 3, 2018 with regional elections slated for June 8 and 10, 2018.Mr Anyidoho indicated that the National Youth and Women’s Youth elections would be held between July 13 and 14, 2018.
Mr Anyidoho indicated that the National Youth and Women’s Youth elections would be held between July 13 and 14, 2018.
He said that would be followed by the National Congress to make amendments to the NDC’s Constitution (if any) and also to elect the National Executive between July 27 and 29, 2018.
Biometric re-registration
Shedding light on the biometric re-registration, Mr Anyidoho said the NEC unanimously decided that the last attempt to create a biometric registration did not work well in the interests of the party and needed to be discarded.
In line with that, he said the party would undertake a full and fresh exercise to register old and new members.
He explained that the decision by the NEC was consistent with the desire of the majority of the party’s grass root which is lucidly captured in the Professor Kwesi Botchwey Committee’s report and which was one of the major recommendations of the committee.
He further said the re-registration was intended to reawaken all the branches of the party across the length and breadth of the country since the branches would be solely responsible for the registration because they were stronger and together.
Besides, he said, members at the branches knew one another and that the branch register would not be carried to homes unlike the previous exercise where booklets were moved to homes and enabled people to skew the registration.
The move is also to ensure that members who attend meetings of the party and are well known by members register. This will prevent non-party members to infiltrate the biometric exercise and get their names on the new register.
He said that would apply to the members of NEC and other executives of the party and members who belonged in the branches which were coterminous with the polling stations so that only members from the polling stations could serve as polling station agents.
It’s also intended to ensure the credibility of the register and to empower party members to contest elections at the branches, constituencies and regions and satisfy future migration or transfer of votes.
He further explained that the move was only meant to ensure the credibility of the biometric register and not to disenfranchise any party member.
According to Mr Anyidoho, the grass root of the party have fully endorsed and received the new measures with excitement.
Source: Daily Graphic
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You so called James, you are not worshipping God.
Why do ndc think they need to come back in 2020? Can they give reasons or they think governance is create l00t and share? They should sit down and analyse what they really did for the country that the people will like to bring them back. Ghanaians have no mind of bringing ndc back,and ndc biometric registration can't bring them back we are the majority and there is no way ndc can write off the over 1million votes against them to win. Kai! Apuuuuuuuuuu! ndc to come back where and to do what do you think we want Ghana to be destroyed? Ndc can go to the moon there us no way ndc will come back to power,what make them think they have a chance they just dreaming! and I tell them it will be easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than ndc coming back. Tweeeaaaa! Ndc tickled themselves in power to opposition and they are still repeating that. They should know Ghanaians h*te them and who will vote for his/her enemy an enemy whose policy is suffering and hardship,greediness and selfishness, insults and arrogance. Continue to take Ghanaians for granted and think they are f0-0ls like you 2020 will be your doom.
Yes, better believe that the dodgy biometric register really is completely dodgy. You guys got your heads stuck so far up your own backsides that you couldn't even decided which electoral register to rig any longer! So by 2016, the idle hands, mischief-makers and assorted cr00ks with a "business" agenda saw a list of voters' names and just couldn't help themselves. Oyiwa! You fell in love with the cr00kedness so much that you ended up padding your own voters' register and wrecking your own election!!! Next time let's see if you try to meddle with the whole nation's fate.
SO YOU GUYS FAIL TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY YOU STOLE BUT RATHER THINKING ABOUT 2020. FUNNY
THIS IS WHAT THE PARTY NEEDS, THE NDC MUST GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM OF USING DELEGATES TO CHOOSE MP ASPIRANTS AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. THE NDC LOST LOTS OF SEATS BECAUSE MOST PARTY PEOPLE WERE ANGRY . NON NDC PEOPLE GOT INTO THE REGISTER AND VOTED AGAINST THE PREFERRED CANDIDATES DURING THE PRIMARIES .ADENTA, MADINA, TROBU,LAWRA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN REGIONS ARE EXAMPLES. THIS IS THE TRUTH.AS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ,JM IS THE MAN
Koku, You will do all the hard work but the Mahama boys will push you aside when he gets the nomination. You are basically an "orphan" in your own party. Wise up my brother!
You had the chance to govern and instead of serving the people, you were more interested in ***barred word*** and fattening your bellies. A group of self-acclaimed social democrats who are more materialistic than capitalists. Led by a president who openly described himself as "***barred word***" and a communication machinery run by kids with very "sharp teeth." The only party in Africa outside Libya that printed a "green" book and will ask citizens most of whom are illiterate to read the green book if they had questions about governance. The birth of a credible third force will most definitely lead to the demise of the NDC.
NDC is daydreaming! To be back in 2020, then I will stop worshipping GOD.
2020 NDC is coming with overdrive gear like kaikai
Hahaha NDC I pity you. Wait till you have competent men.