All People's Congress (Ghana) Explained

All People's Congress
Colorcode:Green
Abbreviation:APC
Leader:Hassan Ayariga
Chairperson:Hassan Ayariga
Chairman:-->
General Secretary:Kweku Frimpong
Founder:Hassan Ayariga
Leader1 Title:Vice Presidential Candidate
Leader1 Name:Emmanuel Bartels
Legalized:-->
Split:People's National Convention
Headquarters:Kwabenya, Accra
Colours:
Green, White, Yellow
Slogan:All Inclusive Governance
Seats1 Title:Parliament
Seats1:
Hex:
  1. ff0000
Symbol:Broom
Country:Ghana

The All People's Congress is a Ghanian political party formed as a breakaway from the People's National Convention (PNC).

History

It was founded in 2016 by Hassan Ayariga[1] after leaving the People's National Convention, where he lost out to Edward Mahama as the presidential candidate for the December 2016 general election.[2] [3] The party's focus for the election campaign was employment and economics.[4]

Disqualification

Two months before the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Charlotte Osei, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that 13 presidential candidates, including Hassan Ayariga, had been disqualified from standing as presidential candidates in the December elections due to problems with the nomination documents they filed with the commission.[5] These included failure to declare his hometown or constituency of residence on his forms as well as two of the subscribers on his forms having been named on another candidates forms which are in contravention of the electoral laws. The forms were also alleged to contain forged signatures and were to be referred to the Ghana Police Service for investigation.[6] The subscriber duplication involved someone who had also signed papers for his former party, the APC's nominee. Ayariga expressed his frustration at this development.[7]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

ElectionVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
20162,5270.02%7th
20201,2140.01% 11th

Presidential elections

ElectionCandidateNumber of votesShare of votesOutcome of election
2020Hassan Ayariga7,1380.05%8th of 12[8]
2016Hassan Ayariga - - Disqualified[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayariga forms new party, APC . ghanaweb.com . 24 January 2016 . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018.
  2. Web site: EC clears Ayariga's new APC for 2016 polls . ghanaweb.com . 24 January 2016 . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Hassan Ayariga forms All People's Congress? . Graphic Online . Graphic Communications Group Ltd . 19 July 2018 . 25 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Ghana can be better – Hassan Ayariga . ghanaweb.com . 6 October 2016 . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Full list of disqualified presidential aspirants . ghanaweb.com . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018 . 19 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173406/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Full-list-of-disqualified-presidential-aspirants-476310 . dead .
  6. Web site: EC disqualification bogus; we'll sue them – Ayariga . Ghanaweb . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Ayariga describes EC's decision as 'Joke of the Century' . ghanaweb . GhanaWeb . 19 July 2018 . 10 October 2016.
  8. Web site: EC revises disparities in presidential election results . www.ghanaweb.com . 11 December 2020 . en . 10 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Frimpong . Enoch Darfah . Mahama, Nduom, Ayariga, Boateng, Apaloo, others disqualified by EC . Graphic Online . Graphic Communications Group Ltd . 27 October 2020 . Accra . 10 October 2016.

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