The Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed that a new political group has submitted its application for consideration as a fully fledged political party as monitored by Thrillernewsgh.com
The new party, Ghana Union Movement [GUM], has for its slogan “Arise for Development”.
The movement’s symbol has a logo which portrays a fist of a man against two hands with the name and motto of the movement boldly written around it. It has red, yellow and white as its colours.
Its leader is Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, the Founder and General Overseer of the Life Assembly Worship Centre in Accra.
The Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Operations, Mr Samuel Tettey, in an interview with Daily Graphic and monitored by Thrillernewsgh.com says that the Ghana Union Movement had submitted an application for registration as a political party.
He said details of the party had been forwarded to the EC’s Director of Election Services for onward transfer to the regions where vetting would be done by the regional offices of the Commission to ensure that the group had satisfied all the requirements.
Having satisfied itself that the group has fulfilled all the requirements, he said, the Commission would publish a gazette following which the Chairperson of the EC would issue the group with a provisional certificate.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, Reverend Andrews, claimed that the movement had already established offices in all the 16 regions and some districts in the country.
He added that the movement has submitted its documentation to the Electoral Commission (EC) for certification in respect of its political agenda.
We mean business
Rev. Andrews said the movement was serious about its decision to contest the 2020 presidential race and had made available to the EC, all the relevant documentation to guarantee its certification.
He said its engagement with the EC was far advanced and that it is expected to complete the certification processes shortly.
“We have already submitted all our documents, including our constitution and logo to the commission.
We have had a fruitful engagement with the EC so far and we expect to complete all the processes and obtain our certification,“ he stated.
No intention to lead
Rev. Andrews stated that although he founded the GUM, he would not lead the movement into the presidential race.
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