The run-off local elections will probably be held on February 4, 2024 in 780 constituencies after all legal challenges will have been exhausted, i.e. by January 18 at the latest, announced Spokesman for the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Mohamed Tlili Mnasri. He added in a statement to TAP, that the authority had lodged a single appeal against the administrative court's ruling on the results of one candidate. The adoption of the calendar for the run-off and the final results of the first round of local elections is scheduled for January 20, 2 days after the announcement of the final outcome of the challenges, he explained. Mnasri considered that the date of February 4, 2024 would allow candidates to conduct their election campaigns for the run-off. The election campaign will run between January 21 and February 2, during the school holidays. He added that the local elections will be held in 780 constituencies out of a total of 2,129, i.e. 36% of all constituencies. This run-off involves 255 local councils out of a total of 279 local councils, following the election of members of 24 local councils in the first round. The ISIE spokesman added that 4 million 192 thousand voters are involved in the run-off in 2039 polling centres to elect 560 thousand candidates in the various constituencies. The governorate of Kasserine has the largest number of constituencies (54), while Kebili has the smallest number, with just 4 constituencies. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse The Progressive People's Party (PPP) says it will open nominations for its flagbearer position by March 2024. In an exclusive interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Nana Ofori Owusu, National Chairman of the party, said the group would be able to open nominations by the end of the first quarter of the year because it would have put in place structures that could make the party eligible to participate in the 2024 elections. He said currently, the party was electing its constituency and regional executive elections. He also noted that the party was putting measures in place to get offices in two-thirds of regional capitals in the country in fulfilment of the provisions of the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574). 'First an assignment was given at the national committee for us to conclude the constituency election, regional elections, the offices and all of those things. Having concluded that the next level is for us to pick a date to open the nominations for the presidential candidate. So definitely within the first quarter of this year, we will open nominations,' he said. Speaking on whether or not the party will perform in the upcoming elections, the chairman said the PPP would make a significant impact. He said the party did not perform well in the last elections because its structures had been weakened through a lot of activities, including the financial sector clean-up which occurred in 2017. He, however, noted that the party had used the past three years to put in place measures to strengthen its structures. 'We conducted research and the research showed that the structures at the time had been weakened and so that's why we spent all this time improving our structures and the people on the ground.' Nana Ofori said one of the things the party has done is that it has simplified the processes by which one can become a member of the party using technology. He also said the initiative has enabled the party to have a credible and strong database of its members across the country and those outside t he country. 'These are part of the technology we have infused into the political architecture that did not exist before, and making sure that we have committed people on the ground who are helping us to do the work. 'We are more poised than ever to make a strong show and probably surprise many people come this 2024 election,' Nana Ofori said. Source: Ghana News Agency