3 NDC MP aspirants in C/R disqualified

Three parliamentary aspirants who appeared before the vetting committee in the ongoing exercise of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region had their dreams dashed when they were disqualified for not satisfying the requirement of the party's constitution.

They are Ms Doreen Manieson who filed for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA), Mr Daniel Ohene Darko, Upper Denkyira, and Mr Henry Botsie Ghartey of Efutu.

The remaining 65 aspirants have been cleared for the main battle scheduled for November 7, this year.

Briefing the Daily Graphic at the party’s office in Cape Coast Thursday, the Central Regional Director of elections, Mr Yaw Asiedu, said the disqualified persons had contravened Article 8 of the party's constitution which made it mandatory, among others, for aspirants to have been active members of the party not less than four years preceding the primaries.

That, he said, was known to all those who nurtured the dream of becoming