By
Eunice Hilda Ampomah, GNA
Accra, Jan. 8, GNA –
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) on Wednesday condemned Election 2020
prophetic declarations put out in the public discourse because not all
Ghanaians believe in them.
“To attempt to foist
what one believes to be the revelation of the yet to be held elections is a
complete abuse of the right to religious exercise and function. It appears that
there have arose enterprises in the form of prophesying as a business or agenda
setting.
“In the process,
expectations are raised beyond reasonable ends. We call on the citizenry to be
wary of cowards who hide their party colours behind the veils of religious
prophesies to advance their parochial party agenda,” the CPP stated at a media
engagement to mark the 70th anniversary celebration of Positive
Action Day.
Mr James Kwabena
Bomfeh Junior, CPP Acting Secretary-General who read the statement on behalf of
the party said “Elections are an expression of the free will of the people
through the ballot. The expression of this will is individual and personal.
“As much as we are
at liberty to exercise our individual rights to faith, we should not and cannot
in the exercise of that right plunge the nation into chaos through unmeasured
flaming of expectations”.
Mr Bomfeh explained
that elections are both a process and product. “If the process is wrong, the
product cannot be right. The conduct and management of elections include more
than the Election Management Body”.
He said “the
citizenry, the active participants in the electoral process are key
stakeholders who cannot be left out. Therefore how their expectations are micro
managed is of key importance”.
On the celebration
of the National Constitution Day, Mr Bomfeh bemoaned that the 1992
Constitution, has been celebrated at the expense of the Republic Day.
He said the 1992
Constitution despite being the longest survived contsitution is fraught with
many fundamental paradoxes which make any effective function a mirage.
“Indeed, the
Constitutional Review Commission was apt in their suggestion that we must evolve
it from a Political to Developmental Constitution. The Fourth Republican
Constitution is the most tolerated Constitution since our nation gained
independence in 1957.
“This tolerance, so
admirably displayed by Ghanaians should not be confused with thinking that the
present Constitution is the best for the people of Ghana,” the CPP Acting
Secretary-General stated.
He said collectively
“we have worked towards enjoying three regime changes through the ballot box
with relative peace and ease at the executive level. But they have not been
without skirmishes”.
“But for 26 years,
we could have seen the Legislative Arm of Government play a less subservient
role to the Executive; we could have seen and observed the Judicial Arm of
Government perform its separate function with less traction to the Executive.
The media engagement
was attended by the Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim, CPP Acting Chairperson, Mr Bernard
Mornah, Chairman of the Peoples National Convention and other Nkrumaist
affiliates.
GNA
