We are ready to pay GHS100,000 filing fee despite our request for a review – CPP

Flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet says his party is ready to pay the Electoral Commission’s GHS100,000 presidential filing fee to enable the party contest in the upcoming elections.

Mr. Greenstreet said even though his party has raised concerns about the fee, it will not be discouraged in its efforts to serve the country if the amount is maintained.

“We have reached out to the EC to find out whether the amount is a figure that will be reduced. We believe we want a multiparty democracy and not monetocracy or duopoly. We want all Ghanaians to be able to participate in the electoral process. So we will continue to engage the EC to try and ensure that we achieve those ideals and aims. If it doesn’t work, in the same way, we are compelled to pay high fuel and electricity prices, we will also have to suffer and pay the high filing fees.” – he said in an interview

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the CPP, Nana Akosua Frimponmaa Sarpong-Kumankumah says the EC failed to consult the various political parties before agreeing on the increment.

“The CPP believes that there was no consensus making. IPAC did not meet. We were there and we were told that the filing fee for the presidential candidate is GHS100,000 and the parliamentary one is GHS10,000,” she said.

“Is it the exchange that has affected it? Is it the economy? If there is some change in parameters, why is it that the parliamentary fees remain the same from four years ago? That is an issue of concern.”

EC on why it has increased the fee
The EC has said the increment is in tandem with the value of the Cedi.

A Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Bossman Eric Asare, said if the value of GHS50,000 in 2016 and 2020 was compared, “you will notice that the Commission has not increased it much.”

“And even when you look at the [filing fee for] parliamentary [aspirants], the GHS10,000, you will realise that the Commission has reduced the price because we all know that GHS10,000 in 2016, is not the same as GHS10,000 in 2020,” Dr. Asare said.

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