Even before Ghana gets into its election season, the National Democratic Congress is expressing fears of a possible rigging of the 2020 general elections, citing plans by Nana Akufo-Addo to get Ghanaians outside the country to vote as the basis.
According to the NDC which lost the December 2016 elections, the New Patriotic Party’s plans to ensure the operationalisation of the Representation of People’s Amendment Law (ROPAL) in the 2020 elections is aimed at rigging the elections. “They [NPP] want to use this [ROPAL] to rig the 2020 elections because Nana Akufo-Addo has failed in his promises”, the National Communications Officer for the NDC, Solomon Nkansah, told Onua FM Tuesday.
Addressing the Ghanaian community in Togo, President Nana Akufo-Addo said government will be working with the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure the law allowing Ghanaians abroad to vote in the country’s elections becomes fully operational. “We passed the law and I can’t understand why 10-years later, it is dormant on the statute books,” he said and reiterated the NPP 2016 campaign promise to revive ROPAL.
Responding to the latest comment by the President, Mr Nkansah said “is ROPAL what we need? There is fear in the country, why must you talk about ROPAL for voting?” “The EC has realized we [Ghana] can’t use it because things are not right in the country,” he added.
Mr. Nkansah explained that “we need efficient and reliable national identification data system to be able to determine the number of people in the country. “They [NPP] have realized that things are not right so they want to use it to rig the 2020 election and he [President] should deliver on his campaign promises and do what Ghanaians want”, he added. Mr Nkansah said countries that are using such systems for voting are those whose national IDs are “tried and tested and so they don’t fear when implementing such ROPAL,” indicating that same cannot be said of the system in Ghana.
Source: 3news.com
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How many Ghanaians live abroad and who said all Ghanaians living abroad are NPP?I sometimes pity NPP a lot.
Sick guy.. I have sent over $15,000.00 through money transfer to Ghana from January 2017 how much have u contributed? and for desperate guy like u Nkrumah to decide my future God forbid. Start journeying to supreme court if u are not satisfied, the ROPAL will work as NANA the President promised. How dare u ignore us when u don't contribute anything to the country, U can as usual loby the Togo people to vote massively for u but this time we will also be part of the process.
Solo no worries. You need national database? Dr. Bawumia and his team will provide that soon. Hope you are OK now. Any concerns again Solo?
Bra Solo, please stop these non-sylla issues and concentrate on the corruption which has engulfed your party and find an antidote to it first. You know Nana, what he says he will insha allah, he will do. So di wo line mu. Corrupt chap!!!
You are now talking about a efficient and reliable national Identification data to streamline our future elections. Your party intentionally wasted our money on this project so as to pave way for NDC to continuously rig elections. For NPP we don't need ROPAL to win Elections. The law has been passed and the system must be implemented.
Hahaha hahaha, Eiiiii NDC u people have just started crying, ooooooo, even without ROPAL ,the LORD gave Ghana a resounding victory, so why crying. With 3 month to 2012 election u created new district. ROPAL has been passed as a law for 10 yrs now, and as Democrat you called ur selves, NDC disenfranchised us in the abroad. Do you know de amount we send to support our families, which reflects in the national economy? GDP, pls we are also Ghanaians leave the President to implement the law Ok. leave the President to economy? GDP. Pls we r all Ghanaians
I am appealing to Solo to organize himself well before airing his views. Solo should also manage to lower his tone and his personal interest in certain issues and remember that, he speaks for NDC party but not himself.
Wasn't Nana Addo n his npp that said our register is an ECOWAS register ?.How would we be able to identify Ghanaians from non Ghanaians n register them?
NEARLY 80 PER CENT OF GHANAIANS ABROAD ARE NPP SO SOLOMON YOU CAN GO AND BURN THE SEA.
is it not the same Notorious deceitful Criminals AKA NDC lead by their Okroasinyiii Palm Wine Tapper that went Togo and Benin to canvas for vote during the 2016 election? now the table has turned and you are now running for cover. you haven't seen anything yet stuuuuipiiid.