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Ghana Freedom Party
LeaderAkua Donkor
General SecretaryGeorge Afful[1]
FounderAkua Donkor
HeadquartersKabu, Akwampim North Municipality, Eastern Region
Colours   
Green and yellow
SloganLove and Unity
Parliament
0 / 275
Election symbol
Cocoa and palm tree

The Ghana Freedom Party is a party founded by Akua Donkor, a farmer.

Disqualifications

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Akua Donkor was disqualified by the Electoral Commission of Ghana from contesting the Ghanaian presidential election, 2012 as an independent candidate. This was due to irregularities on the registration documents for the election. Akua Donkor who was this time the party's candidate for the Ghanaian presidential election, 2016[2] was again disqualified in October 2016.[3] She appeared to back the incumbent president at the time, John Mahama when her candidacy was rejected by the Electoral Commission.[4] The party headquarters was sited at Kabu, which is a village in the Akwapim North Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana.[5] This was gutted by fire in January 2016.[6]

2020 election

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Akua Donkor submitted her nomination forms to contest the 2020 presidential election in person to the Electoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa.[7] Her running mate was Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso.[8] In the election, she won 5,574 votes (0.04% of the total votes cast) to place 11th out of 12 aspirants.[9] Akua Donkor was quick to concede to Nana Akufo-Addo prior to the formal declaration of the results by the Electoral Commission on 10 December 2020. She was also pleased to have made it onto the ballot this time round.[10]

2024 election

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Akua Donkor was again elected to contest the 2024 presidential election on the ticket of the Ghana Freedom party and was part of the 13 presidential candidates cleared by the electoral commission of Ghana.[11] But she died on 28 October 2024 at Greater Accra Regional Hospital following an illness and the party is yet to elect her replacement.[12][13][14][15] The Ghana Freedom Party has withdrawn from the 2024 elections due to the death of their presidential candidate, Akua Donkor.[16]

On 5 November 2024, Philip Appiah Kubi popularly known as Roman Fada, filed his nomination as the new presidential candidate for the party following the Electoral Commissions' announcement to nominate a new candidate within 10 days after the demise of the party's founder, Akua Donkor.[17][18][19]

The Electoral Commission of Ghana on November 12th 2024 disqualified the filing of the nomination of the new candidate on the grounds of illegalities following the demise of party founder, Akua Donkor.[20]

On 12th November,2024, the newly nominated flagbearer was disqualified due to errors and illegalities in his nomination forms which could not be overlooked as stated by the Electoral Commission.[21][22]

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary elections

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Election Number of LPG votes Share of votes Seats +/- Position Outcome of election
2020 0 Steady Not represented in parliament

Presidential elections

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Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election
2020 Akua Donkor 5,574 0.04% 11th of 12[9]
2016 Akua Donkor — — Disqualified
2012 Akua Donkor — — Disqualified

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Enoch Darfah Frimpong (5 November 2024). "Akua Donkor's party divided over whether or not to withdraw from 2024 election". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Akua Donkor Will Contest 2016 Presidency". NewsGhana.com. News Ghana. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "EC disqualifies thirteen presidential aspirants". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Akua Donkor calms supporters, says 2020 is her surest bet". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Ghana Freedom Party opens head office, pledges SHS and electricity". GhanaBusinessNews.com. Ghana Business News. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Akua Donkor party office burnt". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Election 2020: Akua Donkor, Adakabre submit nomination forms". www.ghanaweb.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ^ Zurek, Kwaku (8 October 2020). "Why I accepted to be Akua Donkor's running mate - radio host Adakabre". Graphic Online. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b "EC revises disparities in presidential election results". www.ghanaweb.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Akua Donkor concedes to Akufo-Addo ahead of EC declaration". www.ghanaweb.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  11. ^ "EC: 13 presidential candidates qualify for Election 2024". 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  12. ^ "Akua Donkor reported dead". Ghana News Agency. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  13. ^ "GFP to notify EC of Akua Donkor's passing". 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  14. ^ "Akua Donkor, Presidential Candidate of Ghana Freedom Party dies at age 83". MyJoyOnline. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  15. ^ AfricaNews (2024-10-30). "Ghana presidential candidate Akua Donkor passes away". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  16. ^ Kamasah, Andreas (2024-11-05). "Ghana Freedom Party withdraws from 2024 elections due to founder Akua Donkor's death". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  17. ^ "Election 2024: GFP names Roman Fada as new presidential candidate". 2024-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  18. ^ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Watch-as-Roman-Fada-files-nomination-to-contest-for-2024-election-1958748. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ Alija, Shpresa; Alija, Sadri; Memeti, Memet (2021-12-15). "Public Service Quality and Citizen-Client's Satisfaction in Local Municipalities. A Case Study: Municipality of Tetovo". Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series V - Economic Sciences. 14 (63): 57–66. doi:10.31926/but.es.2021.14.63.2.6. ISSN 2065-2194.
  20. ^ "EC disqualifies GFP's new flagbearer over illegalities". 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  21. ^ https://citinewsroom.com/2024/11/ec-disqualifies-gfps-new-flagbearer-over-illegalities/
  22. ^ https://www.myjoyonline.com/ec-disqualifies-gfps-replacement-flagbearer-over-alleged-document-irregularities/


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