NPP Afigya Kwabre South chairman calls for local level electoral reforms

The Afigya Kwabre South Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah has called on political parties and civil society organisations to brainstorm for electoral reforms with the aim to cause a paradigm shift in political affairs at the local level.

The reforms, according to him would help avert internal political bickering, feud and hiccups that in one way or the other retard progress of political parties in the country.

More so, the reforms to him would nip in the bud court cases and dispute settlements within political parties.

He made the call for reforms on Sunday during a thanksgiving service the NPP held at the Kodie Methodist in the Ashanti Region for a successful polling station and constituency executive elections in the Afigya Kwabre South constituency.

There are 126 polling stations and 28 electoral areas in the Afigya Kwabre South Constituency.

The constituency chairman noted that most times, political parties spend several months settling disputes among party members that arise from misunderstandings during electioneering campaigns.

He cited election campaigns within the constituency as example to buttress his point, saying that his party has to preach peace among feuding members after elections.

Some internally unresolved cases to him had to end up in the law courts all because of internal political tensions which could have been prevented though.

Proposal

He proposed that political parties, particularly, the NPP should begin to scrap the election of polling station executives and replace it by appointment.

For the election of constituency executives too, he proposed that with exception of chairman and secretary, the remaining positions should all be by appointment.

Committee members

The Chairman used the thanksgiving service to swear in members of both the Disciplinary and Finance Committee for the Constituency.

He also officially introduced patrons and council of elders of the party in the constituency to party members.

MP on election 2020

The Member of Parliament for the constituency, Mr William Owuraku Aidoo congratulated the newly elected constituency officers and the polling station executives, the committee members, the patrons and the council of elders.

Also Deputy Minister of Energy, he charged them to begin effective campaign ahead of the 2020 elections.