General News of Saturday, 10 September 2016Source: Adomonline.comReduce filing fee else CPP won’t contest 2016 elections - GreenstreetIvor Kobina Greenstreet, CPP's flagbearerThe flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has warned that the party would not be contesting the 2016 general elections if the Electoral Commission (EC) fails to reduce the filing fees. The EC after an IPAC meeting announced that persons seeking to contest as Presidential candidates will be paying GHC50, 000 as filing fee. Those contesting the Parliamentary election will also have to pay GHC10,000 as against the Gh¢1,000 paid in the last elections. 50,000 for presidential candidates and GH?10,000 for parliamentary candidates are ‘peanuts’ as compared to what is charged by political parties in their internal contests. Commenting on this, Ivor Greenstreet said the CPP would be considering backing out of the elections if the amount is not reduced.

Source: GhanaWeb September 10, 2016 15:56 UTC