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The Governance Research Office has said that measures to curb the escalation of attacks in the Volta region by so-called ‘secessionists’ from western Togo must be accelerated so as not to create insecurity that will prevent people from voting in December.
Office representative Dr. Kwame Asah Asante said that if that happens, the Election Commission could have difficulty holding elections, especially in the Volta region, and even declaring a winner, creating a leadership vacuum in the country.
A statement issued in Accra by the Office and copied to the Ghana News Agency said analysts believe that any postponement of the December 7 elections would leave Ghana without a president after January 7, 2021, which would not be a good omen for the country.
The expert, who is also a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Ghana, dismissed conspiracy theories linking both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the insurgency, noting that they are not could justify any established for such theories.
For the NDC, he said, the Volta region was one of its strongholds and it has a lot to lose if the region is destabilized.
A measure of voter apathy was already observed in the 2012 and 2016 elections in Ho Central and the North and South Tongu constituencies, he said.
Regarding the PNP, Dr. Asante said that the Party had performed well in the region over the years and would need its increasing share of votes to increase its chances of winning the elections.
