Alfred Ababio Kumi, a disqualified presidential candidate in this year’s SRC election has called on his supporters to disregard his purported disqualification.
In a statement signed by himself and countersigned by his running mate Emmanuel Boadi, they invite their supporters to troop to the SRC Union Building Conference Room for the vetting scheduled for today.
The Statement Is partly reproduced below:
ABABIO ALFRED AND BOADI EMMANUEL, UG SRC ’17.
23rd March,2017
A STATEMENT ON OUR PURPORTED DISQUALIFICATION.
We have noted with a tinge of anguish and disbelief a viral communique purporting to be from the Electoral Commission of the Student Representative Council communicating our disqualification to participate in the elections. The statement making it rounds does not contain any further and better particulars underpinning the purported disqualification.
We take strong exception to the content of the communique and we will further dig deep into its content and keep the student populace posted. We in the interim, assure our sympathizers, supporters and our inner team members that the Almighty God is behind us and for that matter the statement should be treated with the contempt it deserves. We also invite our supporters to come and witness us, as we go through screening tomorrow in hands of the Vetting Panel. Thank you.
ALFRED ABABIO KUMI
…….signed……
EMMANUEL BOADI
…..signed…….
WE DO NOT RUN FOR OFFICE BUT WE RUN FOR YOU
Background
The Electoral Commission released a statement yesterday, 23rd March 2017 detailing qualified aspirants and included that Alfred Kumi had been disqualified. However that statement fell short of detailing the reason/s for his disqualification.
However Campus Based Radio Univers reports that he was disqualified because he failed to get the required 3.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as is required of SRC executive portfolio aspirants.