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We may not be able to meet EC deadline - PPP

In a letter written to the PPP, the EC enumerated other errors which the party needed to correct before they could be allowed to contest in the presidential race.

The legal challenge between the Electoral Commission and the  Progressive People’s Party (PPP) does not seem to be ending soon.

The party has stated that they may not be able to rectify the many errors the EC claims to have identified in their presidential nomination forms aside the first one they mentioned to them.

The PPP's Director of Policy Kofi Asamoah Siaw in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM said they may not be able to complete their corrections before the close of day today.

"As at now we don’t even have the form, we don’t even have the list of errors. And this is unacceptable because nobody asked you to go and look for extra mistakes on the form. Their directives given coupled with the number of days given is not enough. It tells that you have decided to do everything in your power to frustrate us."

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It seems the EC has found much more errors in the presidential nomination forms of the party.

In a letter written to the PPP it enumerated other errors which the party needed to correct before they could be allowed to contest in the presidential race.

The letter mentioned the anomalies to include:

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The EC’s directive comes hours after the Supreme Court on Monday asked the election management body to extend the nomination period to November 8, and allow the candidates to correct their mistakes in order to contest the polls.

The court also ordered the discontinuation of the various court cases regarding the disqualification of other presidential aspirants.

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