The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that the 74 deregistered political parties will not participate in the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 6.
The Commission insisted that it will continue to recognize and deal with only the 18 registered political parties pending the final resolution and determination of the various appeals filed and pending before the Supreme Court.
It urged the deregistered political parties to await the judgement of the Supreme Court on appeals relating to the powers of the Commission to deregister political parties in accordance with section 225A of the Constitution.
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INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement, weekend, said that the clarification became “necessary against the backdrop of various letters submitted to the Commission recently by some of the deregistered political parties signifying their intention to conduct primaries with a view to submitting names and particulars of candidates for the Anambra Governorship election.”
According to the statement, INEC will not monitor any “purported primaries by any of the deregistered political parties and will not issue access code to or accept the list and particulars of candidates emanating from such primaries.”
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