[ 2012-07-10 ]

Dr. Josiah Aryeh is the interim chairman of the NDP linked to the Rawlingses.

NDP colours have not been rejected - EC
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has denied
speculations making the rounds that it has
rejected the colours of the yet to be formed
National Democratic Party (NDP).

According to the EC, it is still in the process of
studying the details of all documents and
particulars submitted by the NDP to them to be
registered as a political party, but have not
taken any decision on the colours of the party.

These speculations arose from the fact that the
breakaway NDP party has the same colours of the
ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) which is
Black, Red, White and Green, raising eyebrows as
to whether or not it is constitutionally accepted
for two political parties to have the same
colours.

Speaking to Citi News, the acting Director of
Public Affairs of the Commission, Christian
Owusu-Parry, indicated that “the Commission has
not taken any decision on the colours of the party
yet; there are processes that political parties go
through before they are registered.”

He added: “What the NDP has done so far is that
they have submitted application for registration
of a political party. We have given them
registration forms to go and complete and return
to the Commission so when they return with the
registration form, the Commission then would
scrutinize the registration forms and all the
other accompanying documents.

“It is only then that we can begin talking about
colours of the party, so as at now no decision has
been made on the colours of that party.”

Mr. Owusu-Parry was, however, quick to add that
although the Commission has not as yet taken a
decision on the colours of the NDP, it is against
the Political Parties Code for different political
parties to have the same colours, logos, emblems
among others.

He indicated that “you cannot use the name of
another party, you cannot use the colours of
another party, you cannot also use the symbols or
slogans of a registered political party. So it
means that the Political Parties Act does not
allow the use of other registered political
parties logos, colours, symbols, names and any
other thing that is associated with another
registered political party.”

Source - Citifmonline

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