{"id":19683,"date":"2018-10-23T07:34:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=19683"},"modified":"2018-10-23T07:34:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:34:29","slug":"setting-up-new-ec-committee-is-a-waste-of-money-samson-anyenini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/news\/politics\/setting-up-new-ec-committee-is-a-waste-of-money-samson-anyenini\/2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up new EC committee is a waste of money &#8211; Private legal practitioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Private legal practitioner Samson Lardi Anyenini has observed that it is a waste of the country&#8217;s time and resources for the Electoral Commission, (EC) to set up a new committee to create a roadmap for the Representation of the People&#8217;s Ammendment Law, (ROPAL).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Anyenini&#8217;s comments followed an announcement by the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Jean Mensah on setting up a Representation of the People&#8217;s Amendment Act, (ROPAA) working group to be made up of representatives of registered political parties and Civil Society Organisations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19700\" style=\"width: 1033px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.akatanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jean-mensah-300x163.jpg?resize=800%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EC Chair Mrs. Jean Mensah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The working group will among other things define modalities and scope for time lines for the implementation of ROPAL.<\/p>\n<p>But Samson Lardy Anyenini who represented the Ghanaian Diaspora on the matter in court does not understand why a new group is being set.<br \/>\nHe said the new roadmap is only going to be a replica of the one roadmap produced by experts in 2011.<br \/>\nHe explained that throughout the period that the case was in court, it was established that a high profile committee with very experienced persons and who had expertise in election including the EC\u2019s own officers was in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Anyenini however, said \u201cin 2011 the same electoral commission set up a committee of very formidable experts in the country which produced a report of many pages and provided clear roadmaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that the setting up of meetings will simply waste money because that committee will do nothing but duplicate what the other committee did in 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe court order in 2017 was that make sure that you present a constitutional instrument to parliament to operationalize ROPAL,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He tasked the Commission to \u201ctake that report for guidance on the C.I and don&#8217;t waste public funds on another round of meetings to duplicate what you already spent money on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ROPAL, is a law that seeks to provide an opportunity for Ghanaians living abroad to participate in general elections, was passed by Parliament 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A suit that was brought against the Electoral Commission questioned why the election management body had failed to implement the ROPAL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Accra High Court in 2017 ruled in favour of the applicants and ordered the EC to execute ROPAL within 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Private legal practitioner Samson Lardi Anyenini has observed that it is a waste of the country&#8217;s time and resources for the Electoral Commission, (EC) to set up a new committee to create a roadmap for the Representation of the People&#8217;s Ammendment Law, (ROPAL). 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