By Yvonne Atilego
President Akufo-Addo has pledged to work to reach a consensus to repeal Article 55 clause 3 of the 1992 Constitution to allow political parties to participate in District Assembly Elections. This he believes will enrich the country’s electoral process. The President said this to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Referendum which approved Ghana’s 1992 Constitution. He announced that he will bring this subject to the front burner of public discourse for further action to be taken.
”One fundamental barrier to the realisation of this goal has to do with the ramification of Article 55 clause 3 of the Constitution, which currently bars Political Parties from involvement in District Assembly Elections and local government”.
”The attempt made in 2019 to repeal this provision and the love for participation of Political Parties and local governments was aborted because of the lack of a broad national consensus when the opposition party NDC signaled its inability to back the repeal”, the President said.
President Akufo Addo said, ”it continues to be my view that the repeal or modification of an entrenched clause of the Constitution should attract widespread support to make it acceptable and healthy for the body politic”. The President asked Ghanaians to continue to uphold the principles and values of the Constitution.
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