Samuel Appiah Darko, Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor, has rejected the idea of considering Ghana as a single constituency, labelling it absurd.
This comes after some stakeholders suggested that since the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission serves as the Returning Officer for presidential elections, Ghana should be treated as one constituency.
However, during an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, Darko argues that the Constitution divides Ghana into multiple constituencies, making this idea inapplicable.
Samuel Appiah Darko’s stance on Ghana not being considered a single constituency is supported by the country’s electoral system and Constitution.
He believes the division of Ghana into multiple constituencies ensures fair representation and governance, making the idea of a single constituency impractical and unconstitutional.
“That’s the beauty of law, others may want to come from that point of view, but for me, and I think other lawyers may agree with me, that would be stretching it. It’s so absurd for us to say that the whole country is one constituency.
“Other than that the Constitution wouldn’t have also said that the country should be divided into constituencies, where people will now contest.”
The conversation was in connection with the demise of the late Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) flagbearer, Akua Donkor, which occurred on Monday 28, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.
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