Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at their national delegates conference have accepted 54 out of 56 proposed amendments.
The rejected include — Motion 17 and Motion 54. Motion 17, which sought to amend Article 7(30) of the NPP Constitution, proposed empowering Regional Executive Committees to appoint individuals — excluding Polling Station, Electoral Area, and Constituency Officers — to supervise polling station and electoral area elections.
Proponents argued that allowing constituency executives to oversee elections in which they are involved in album compilation created a conflict of interest.
“It is therefore prudent that supervision of these elections should be taken to the regional level to absolve it from any conflict of interest,” the motion stated.
However, in a decisive voice vote, delegates rejected the proposal.
Motion 54 also suffered a similar fate. It proposed an amendment to Article 15(4) of the Constitution to redefine “youth” in the party as any member “not above the age of 35,” aligning with international and national standards.
Justifying the motion, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah cited benchmarks from the UN, WHO, UNICEF, and the African Youth Charter, all of which define youth as individuals aged between 15 and 35. Ghana’s National Youth Authority Act pegs the youth bracket between 15 and 25.
Despite these references, delegates overwhelmingly shouted “NO” in a voice vote, rejecting the motion and preserving the party’s current definition, which allows members up to age 40 to be considered youth.
The 54 accepted motions are below:
Source: Channel1news.com
