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– Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said he revealed that the Akufo-Addo government is not planning to use COVID-19 to extend its tenure in power.
– According to him, the government sees no reason to seek to extend its first-term constitutional mandate using the virus as an excuse.
– Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that just as other countries are considering ways to hold elections in the wake of the pandemic, Ghana should also explore ways to do the same.
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Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed that the Akufo-Addo government is not planning to use COVID-19 to extend its tenure in power.
According to him, the government sees no reason to try to extend its first-term constitutional mandate using the virus as an excuse, without a safe, free and fair choice.
He made it known during a press conference on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that while Ivory Coast and Burundi are considering ways to hold elections in the wake of the pandemic, Ghana should also explore other ways to do the same.
“The government is of the opinion that instead of contemplating measures that are not foreseen in the constitution, our best energies, our innovation and creativity should be invested in exploring how a country like ours can have safe and free elections,” he said.
Meanwhile, Metro TV Good Evening Ghana presenter Paul Adom-Otchere has already ruled out any possibility that the Chief Justice will ascend to the highest office in the presidency in the absence of a general election due to the outbreak of the new Coronavirus in Ghana.
Adom-Otchere said the option would be impossible since it has no basis in the country’s legal framework.
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In other news, the Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to Minority allegations of its intention to collect new voter records ahead of December 2020 polls amid the Coronavirus crisis.
The minority leader at a press conference questioned the government and EC priorities as the coronavirus becomes infected.
A statement signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs of the electoral management body, Ms. Sylvia Annor, indicated that the Commission will continue with the compilation of the new registry despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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