{"id":2817,"date":"2019-02-24T12:57:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2019-02-24T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:57:11","slug":"participants-at-ho-consultative-meeting-reject-ropaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/participants-at-ho-consultative-meeting-reject-ropaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Participants at Ho consultative meeting reject ROPAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Participants drawn from various sectors at a consultative meeting in \nHo on the implementation of the Representation of the People\u2019s Amendment\n Act (ROPAA) have opposed the idea of its implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majority of the participants in the Volta Regional capital raised \nconcerns about the nation\u2019s financial inability to carry out the \nexercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2006, the Representative of the People Amendment Bill was \nintroduced in Parliament to amend the representation of the People\u2019s Law\n of 1992 PDNC Law 284 to make provision for Ghanaian citizens other than\n persons working in Ghana\u2019s diplomatic missions, persons working with \ninternational organizations of which Ghana is a member and Ghanaian \nstudents on Government scholarship, to be registered and partake in \ngeneral elections across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Bill was passed into law some twelve years ago, the \nElectoral Commission was not able to implement it until an Accra High \nCourt ordered it to begin the process of implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, the former Commissioner of the Electoral \nCommission (EC) in 2011 set up a committee to make recommendations for \nthe implementation of ROPAA that would be acceptable to all \nstakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Electoral Commission has said a lot has changed since the time \nthe committee presented its report hence the need for stakeholders to \ntake into account new developments in Ghana\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large number of the participants at the meeting said the nation \nwould incur more losses and face lawsuits than the “actual” benefit of \nROPAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Alex Segbefia, a former Minister of Health, at the meeting lauded \nthe Commission for its work and advised that a lot of work and research \nwould be needed in the implementation of the programme together with the\n office of the Attorney General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He suggested that in the Commission\u2019s research into other \njurisdictions, a provisional costing element should be put together to \ntest the nation\u2019s financial stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A representative from a local NGO in opposing the implementation \nwondered why the monies that would be spent on the implementation of a \nprogramme that may not be thoroughly successful, be used to provide \npotable water for communities and villages without water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some questioned whether or not the ROPAA could be implemented in the over 200 countries worldwide<\/a> or in some selected countries, which could amount to disenfranchising Ghanaian citizens elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue of who a Ghanaian was and modalities of knowing who a \nGhanaian was and concerns of who supervises the election outside Ghana \nwere also raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee is reported to be\u00a0paying a working visit to Mali, South Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom who were already practising external voting for lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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