The People’s National Party (PNP) has asked the Electoral Commission to disregard a petition submitted before it by the People’s National Convention requesting the electoral body not to release the final certificate to the PNP.
The PNC has written officially to the EC, asking if it should halt its decision to grant final certification to the newly formed PNP.
The PNC raised concerns over alleged similarities in symbols and ideologies.between it and PNP.
However, the PNP has asked the EC not to ignore the petition because it lacks merit.
“The People’s National Party (PNP) has come across a petition to the EC to halt the registration of the party, by David Apasera and the now-defunct’ People’s National Convention (PNC), along with their legal representatives, concerning alleged similarities in symbols and ideologies between our parties.
We urge the public and the Electoral Commission in particular, to disregard
this ill-informed petition.
Mr. David Apasera appears to lack a proper understanding of political ideologies. If he were to be informed, he would have known that parties such as the Convention People’s Party (CPP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) would not be existing, since, all of which promote social democracy.
Historically, the PNC has been a progeny of the CPP and therefore has no grounds to question the legitimacy of the PNP. Following his logic, the CPP should have also prevented the PNC from existing. It must be emphasized, that there is no law banning a political party under this fourth republic from using a name, which existed in the third republic. If that is the case, the CPP would still be using the name Peoples
Convention Party, the PNP said in a press release.
Below is the statement from the PNP
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
