[ 2017-01-17 ]

Electoral Commission

Council of State reps to be elected on February 9
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Thursday,
February 9, 2017, as the date to hold elections
for the regional representatives to the Council of
State.

The Commission on Monday said it will begin
accepting nominations for the position from
prospective candidates from Friday 20th January,
to Thursday 26th January 2017.

In a statement signed by the Head of
Communications, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, the EC said it
is yet to determine the venue within the regional
capitals where voting will be held.

“The Commission will be accepting nominations
from prospective candidates for the Election at
the Regional Offices of the Commission from Friday
20th January to Thursday 26th, January 2017 from
8:00am to 12:00 noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm on each
day.”

The Commission said nomination forms will be made
available to interested candidates from Tuesday,
17th January 2017, to Thursday, 19th January
2017.

‘Requirements for nomination’

To be eligible for election to the Council of
State a prospective candidate must;

Be a citizen of Ghana

Be of sound mind

Be a registered voter

Be a resident or hail from the region which he
/she seeks to represent.

A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a
regional representative to the Council of State
if;

He/ She has been adjudged or otherwise declared
bankrupt under any law in force in Ghana and has
not been discharged.

He/ She has been convicted for high crime under
the Constitution, or high treason, or for an
offence involving the security of the State,
fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude; or for any
other offence punishable by death or by a sentence
of not less than ten years.

He/ She has been found by the report of a
Commission, or a Committee of Inquiry to be
incompetent to hold public office, or is a person
in respect of whom a Commission or a Committee of
Inquiry has found out that, while being in public
office, he acquired assets unlawfully, or
defrauded the State, or misused his office, or
acted in a manner prejudicial to the interest of
the State, and the findings have not been set
aside on appeal, or judicial review.

He/ She is under the sentence of death, or other
sentence of imprisonment imposed on them by any
court; or f. Is a member of the Electoral College
constituted for the election of the members of the
Council of State.

Source - citifmonline.com

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