NPP acting lawlessly by allowing Wontumi to pursue chairmanship – Rashid Tanko

The constitutional provision is significant in Mr Boasiako’s case because the sentence imposed on him is 20 years — well above the 10-year threshold specified by the party’s own rules.

Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer, has criticised the decision by Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to pursue the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Chairmanship position while serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Importantly, Article 3(5)(1)(b)(ii) provides that a member is disqualified where the offence is punishable by death or by a sentence of not less than 10 years, unless 10 years have elapsed after the member served the sentence or the member has been granted a full pardon.