{"id":779340,"date":"2020-01-09T14:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/okudzeto-chides-ec-over-moves-to-implement-ropal-in-only-60-countries\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:40:25","slug":"okudzeto-chides-ec-over-moves-to-implement-ropal-in-only-60-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/okudzeto-chides-ec-over-moves-to-implement-ropal-in-only-60-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Okudzeto chides EC over moves to implement ROPAL in only 60 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  9 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2020-01-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/38245560.295.jpg\" alt=\"Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa\" title=\"Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzato Ablakwa has opposed the Electoral Commission&#8217;s decision to implement the Representation of the Peoples (Amendment) Law (ROPAL) in some selected countries.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post sighted by GhanaWeb.com, Mr Ablakwa whilst acknowledging his party&#8217;s opposition to the GHC440 million new voter role, said it is also important that equal attention is given to the EC\u2019s intention of implementing ROPAL in countries with Ghanaian Foreign Missions\/Embassies only.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that with Ghana having just 60 foreign missions in the 165 UN Member Countries, an implementation of the EC\u2019s election year programme presented to parliament last month will mean \u201ccruelly\u201d disenfranchising a good member of Ghanaians in several foreign countries without Ghanaian Foreign Missions\/Embassies.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ablakwa charged the Akufo-Addo led government to go the full distance in what he described as its support for every position of the Jean Mensah-lead EC, by readily making funds available to the EC for the implementation of ROPAL in every country where there is a Ghanaian, the same way it has supported the need for a new voters register. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsamokudzeto.ablakwa%2Fposts%2F2714121458668447&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Representation of the People\u2019s (Amendment) Law (ROPAL), passed in 2006 mandates the Electoral Commission of Ghana to make provisions for Ghanaians in foreign countries to vote in national elections.<\/p>\n<p>But until December 19, 2017, when a high court ruled that the commission should see to the full implementation of the law, very little had been done to the effect.<\/p>\n<p>The commission is seeking to roll out ROPAL in this year\u2019s presidential and parliamentary elections by giving Ghanaians in countries with Ghana\u2019s embassies and foreign missions the opportunity to exercise their franchise. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBut in Mr Ablakwa\u2019s view the commission should not limit the opportunity to nations with Ghanaian missions and embassies only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2020-01-09 Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzato Ablakwa has opposed the Electoral Commission&#8217;s decision to implement the Representation of the Peoples (Amendment) Law (ROPAL) in some selected countries. 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