Politics of Sunday, 11 September 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comGreenstreet pulling out of Dec polls comment was on ‘lighter note’ - KadiriIvor Greenstreet, CPP Presidential candidateThe CPP says comments by its flagbearer, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet that he may pull out of the 2016 presidential race in protest against GHS50, 000 filing fee was meant to be taken lightly. EC at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting last Thursday pegged the filing fees for presidential candidates at GHS50, 000 and parliamentary candidates at GHS 10, 000. Barely hours after Mr Greenstreet granted the interview; Mr Kadiri says the flagbearer’s comment was not the official position of the party. The decision to increase the filing fee for presidential candidates from the 2012 fee of GHS10,000 to GHS50,000 in the 2016 election represents a 500 percent increase. The new fee for parliamentary candidates of GHS10, 000 is a 1,000 percent increase from the 2012 fee of GHS1,000.

Source: GhanaWeb September 11, 2016 12:22 UTC