A senior Lecturer at the Institute of local governance, Fred Oduro, says the uncertainty surrounding the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) is as a result of the polarized system in Ghana.
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is set to reintroduce the debate on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
The President revealed that consultations are underway to ensure that the development is achieved.
Addressing the general public on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Constitution on Thursday, April 28 2022, Akufo-Addo mentioned that he will continue to work for an extensive, national consensus on the issue.
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“It was and 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. We should further bear in mind the strong attachment of the Ghanaian people to multi-party democratic elections.”
“On the average, the turn out for national elections in the 4th Republic has been 72%, one of the highest in the world, whilst the turn out for the allegedly non-partisan local government elections has always hovered around thirty percent (30%),” Akufo-Addo added.
Speaking to host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, Fred Oduro, mentioned until the two main political parties in Ghana, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), come together to form a consensus, the idea of electing MMDCE’s will be very difficult.
” The polarized system cause in Ghana is the cause of the “wavering” decision on MMDCE’s election. Until the the two main political parties in Ghana that is the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) come together to form a consensus the idea of electing MMDCE’s will be very difficult,” Fred Oduro told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
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