General News of Friday, 9 September 2016Source: kasapafmonline.comFiling fees not intended to frustrate smaller parties – ECFile photo: Logo of Ghana's Electoral CommissionThe Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected suggestions that it has deliberately set the filing fees of both Presidential and Parliamentary nominations for the 2016 elections at a high figure to prevent the smaller parties from contesting. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting Thursday, the EC also pegged the nomination fees for Parliamentary candidates at GHC10,000 as against the Gh¢1,000 paid in the last elections. The Electoral Management Body has slated September 13 for both presidential and parliamentary candidates to pick nomination forms from the Electoral Commission. “The Commission has always encouraged smaller political parties to participate in elections in this country. The Commission does not think that pegging the filing fee at GHC50,000 will necessarily prevent smaller parties from contesting.

Source: GhanaWeb September 09, 2016 06:51 UTC