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Politics of Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-04-16
Members of the ROPAA committee of the EC and delegation of the diaspora after the commitment
The Electoral Commission's Advisory and Implementation Committee (PEAP) representing Commission electors (CEA) on Monday urged diaspora stakeholders to brainstorm on the roadmap to make the law operational.
Dr Akwasi Awua Ababio, Director of Diaspora Affairs in the President's Office, who led the delegation, badured the Committee and the EC that the diaspora community was ready to support and play a vital role in the implementation of the delegation. of the ROPAA.
"The diaspora community, through its badociation, will develop and present a concrete summary document on the implementation of the law," Ababio said in Accra.
Other members of the diaspora community are Prince O. Sefah, Kofi B. Oppong, Matthew Kyeremeh and Richard Ahiagbor.
Dr Bossman Eric Asare, Vice-President of the EC, responsible for ministerial services, who also serves as Chair of the Committee, explained that the law gave the EC responsibility for regulating the implementation of the ROPAA.
"By complying with the legal obligation, the Commission has set up a subcommittee to make recommendations on how best to implement the ROPAA," he said.
He stated that the law requires citizens to be registered as electors if they reside abroad and do not fall under Ghana's jurisdiction, from their / their place of residence. residing abroad or in designated centers near their place of residence abroad or from / to the Ghana Mission. / Embbady in their jurisdiction abroad.
The law also requires that voters' identity cards allow them to vote in public elections and that referendums are issued when they reside abroad and are not under the jurisdiction of Ghana. at the time of these elections.
Responding to questions raised, a member of the ROPAA Implementation Committee, Reverend Ernest Adu-Gyamfi of the National Peace Council, said that the committee was aware that people from abroad could come forward. like Ghanaians, but in fact not Ghanaian citizens.
"We would therefore be very careful that non-Ghanaians do not participate in our elections.For this purpose, the Committee recommends to anyone appearing in a foreign registration center to be sure that they are not eligible. register as an elector, proof of citizenship, "he said. I said.
On the resident's authenticity permit, he added, since the registry officials may not be able to determine the authenticity of the resident permit, President Adu said. -Gyamfi explained that the committee had recommended that the EC contact the competent authorities in order to provide the Commission with the list of Ghanaians to whom a residence permit has been granted.
EC ROPAA members who participated in the stakeholder engagement were Ms. Adwoa Abrefa Asuama, EC member; and Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor, leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The others were Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana and Mr. Kofi Akpaloo, representative of minority parties without parliamentary representation and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana.
Dr. Kojo Asante of the Center for Democratic Development (CDD); Mr. John Boadu, Secretary General of the New Patriotic Party (NPP);
however, were absent.
It will be recalled that following the pleadings of the interest groups, a bill was introduced in Parliament in 2006, the bill amending the People's Representative (ROPAB) to change the representation of the People's Act of 1992, Law 284 of the PDNC.
PNDC Law 284 did not provide that Ghanaian citizens other than those working in Ghana's diplomatic missions, persons working with international organizations of which Ghana is a member, and Ghanaian government grant students should be registered in their country of residence.
The ROPAA, Law 2006, ACT 699 was therefore adopted to extend the right of Ghana to participate in the vote in public elections and referendums of Ghanaians living outside Ghana.
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