National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu
Nketia is proposing political parties be allowed to appoint
representatives to constituencies where they lose sitting Members of
Parliament (MP) through death.
“If we can have a system where, when a party loses a member that party is allowed to get a replacement it may be good,” he said.
Under the current system, the Electoral Commission (EC) organizes
by-election in a constituency when the sitting MP dies and according to
the NDC, this has a toll on the nation’s finances.
According to Mr. Nketia, who spoke to Citi News,
Ghana could adopt the Denmark model which is far less expensive and
workable although people must be allowed to exercise their franchise
saying, “I am getting convinced that if we can adopt their system it
will be better,” he said.
He further explained that although by-election are “indicators of how
well a government is performing, by giving parties a barometer to check
the performance of government, the cost and attendance problem
over-weighs the advantages of holding by-election.”
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