[ 2016-11-09 ]

Dec polls: Help stop Togo voters – NPP begs JJ
The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has
complained to former President Jerry John Rawlings
about the potential of non-Ghanaians, specifically
Togolese, participating in Ghana’s national
elections scheduled for December 7 and implored
him to help stop it.

The party’s Volta regional chairman, John Peter
Amewu, who led a delegation of the NPP’s
regional executives to make the complaint during a
courtesy call on Mr Rawlings at his office in
Accra on Wednesday, said the NPP was concerned
because some Togolese have, through illegal means,
found their way into Ghana’s register of voters
so they could vote for a particular party.

Apart from sharing borders with Ghana along the
Volta Region, the francophone country also shares
a common language (Ewe) with some Ghanaians.

Making the complaint to Mr Rawlings, Mr Amewu
said: “The NPP, as law-abiding citizens, do not
intend to stop genuine Ghanaians who reside in
Togo coming to Ghana to exercise their democratic
right to vote. Instead we are trying to build
collaboration between the leaders of the border
towns and educate them in understanding the
criminal implications and trivialities of the
actions of those who are not entitled to vote
trying to do so.”

Responding to the party’s complaint, Mr Rawlings
told the delegation that he would pass on the
concern to the relevant institutions for the
necessary action.

Meanwhile, Mr Rawlings has urged all parties
contesting in the forthcoming 7 December polls to
take the necessary steps to give the assurance
that should their party emerge victor, members of
the losing parties would have no reason to feel
insecure.

The former president, who was recently installed
Fafa Fia of Anlo (Chief of Peace), called on
whichever party that wins the election to stretch
its canopy to all Ghanaians and counselled against
any attempt to undermine the electoral process in
order to ensure a peaceful outcome.

“ … As much as possible, let’s do everything
to maintain the spirit of goodwill,” he said.

“Most parties are working towards winning the
election and I wish all of you the best.
Irrespective of whoever emerges as the winner, I
hope that the losing parties and their support
base will have no reason to feel insecure.”

Source - Classfmonline

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