The Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has asked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure a level playing field for its internal polls.
In his view, giving equal opportunities to all will deal with the situation of acrimony and bitterness.
“There should be the political environment which is equal to all,” he said on the Key Points on TV3/3FM with host Dzifa Bampoh.
He also called for the rules of engagement to be applied to all.
“We need the rules, once you don’t have the rules then anybody wants to do anything,” he said, adding that “They need strong sanction regime and who ever is caught should be dealt with,” he said.
The NPP is preparing to elect its polling station executives as part of preparations towards the 2024 elections.
The exercise has been characterized by some agitations especially regarding the sale of the forms in parts of the country.
At a news conference in Accra, the National Chairman Freddie Blay directed all committees in the various polling station to make sure all interested aspirants had access to the forms to prevent chaos reported from the constituencies.
Mr Blay said “First and foremost, the process of election of Polling Station Executives commenced from Saturday, February 19, 2022 with Opening of Nominations and Closing on Monday, February 21, 2022. Per an earlier release by the General Secretary, vetting of prospective aspirants will be from Tuesday, February 22, 2022 and ends on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Subsequent to this will be the conduct of the Polling Station Election from Friday, February 25, 2022 and ends on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
“The Party has been monitoring this process keenly since it stated. Notwithstanding all the adequate preparations to ensure a smooth process in this election, there has been reports of pockets of incidence happening in some of the constituencies. A few are Kade Constituency, Manhyia North, Bosome Freho, Ninmgo Prampram amongst others.
“The party wish to emphasize that it has made available, adequate nominations forms to the Polling Stations/ Electoral Area Elections Committees, which are the mandated Committees for the conduct of the Polling Stations and Electoral Areas Elections in the 38,622 Polling Stations across the country.