General News of Friday, 22 November 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comEC can’t accommodate Referendum in 2020 – BossmanDeputy Electoral Commissioner, Eric Bossman AsareCalls for the December 17 Referendum to be postponed to 2020 over inadequate voter education are not feasible. Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Eric Bossman Asare, who explained this said their schedule in 2020 would not allow it. “We have a Presidential and Parliamentary election to deliver in 2020,” he said, adding the Commission will direct all its resources into the general election next year. He said the Commission has also invested financially in the Referendum and postponing it would come at a loss. Political party participation at assembliesArticle 55/3 bars political parties from participating in district level and other lower government unit elections.

Source: GhanaWeb November 22, 2019 13:41 UTC