General News of Tuesday, 13 September 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comEC’s new filing fees unconstitutional – Prof. Kweku AsareProfessor Stephen Kweku AsareA Ghanaian Law Professor based in the United States is asking political parties to challenge in court the 2016 presidential and parliamentary filing fees announced by the Electoral Commission. Professor Stephen Kweku Asare, says the EC, should not be allowed to violate the constitution by imposing "performance tax" on candidates in the name of filing fees. The EC with three months to go for the crucial 2016 elections announced a GHC50,000 and GHC10,000 filing fees for presidential and parliamentary aspirants respectively. The announcement of the fees have left some candidates heartbroken with a near possibility of many filing out of the contest. It is based on these regulations that the EC announced the new filing fees.

Source: GhanaWeb September 13, 2016 05:48 UTC