A constitutional lawyer and lecturer at the University Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region, Kwabena Tuffour, says although every Ghanaian has the right to engage in politics, the Chieftaincy Act and the Constitution exempt chiefs.
The statement by the constitutional lawyer comes after some chiefs endorsed the two main political parties.
Some chiefs in the Ahafo Region have declared their unflinching support for the President Nana Akufo-Addo, in his bid to secure a second term in office.
Chiefs from Duayaw Nkwanta, Techimantia, Bechem and Kenyasi made this known on Saturday at separate durbars they held in honour of the President when he visited their towns on day one of his two-day tour of the Ahafo Region.
At Duayaw Nkwanta, the Paramount Chief of the Duayaw Nkwanta Traditional Council, Nana Boakye Tromo III, told the President, “you have distributed the national cake equitably, and we, in Duayaw Nkwanta, have gotten our fair share of development.”
Similarly, chiefs in South Tongu in the Volta region of Ghana endorsed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, and asked the flagbearer to complete the Eastern corridor road project when he is given the mandate.
Reacting to the issues of Chiefs engaging in active partisan politics, Kwabena Tuffour explained that chiefs are influential people in the society and so politicians pay homage to the chiefs when they visit their constituencies.
“ Every human being does politics but the constitution and the Chieftaincy Act 759 stipulates that chief should not engage in active partisan politics, but generally, every engages in politics one way or the other”, he added.
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