According to him, the NPP has always believed in the ROPAA idea, therefore, if Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is going to work with it, then the party has no option than to prepare for its implementation.
In the coming days, he told Kwabena Prah Jnr (The Don) on Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 that he would be visiting Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon and Nigeria, as well as other African countries to strengthen the party’s branches ahead of the ROPAA implementation.
ROPAA is a law that seeks to provide an opportunity for Ghanaians living abroad to participate in the general elections back home. It was passed by Ghana’s Parliament 12 years ago.
Subsequently, a High Court in Accra ordered the EC to produce evidence of concrete steps it is taking to implement the law – the ROPAA (Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2006 [Act 699] – which will eventually allow Ghanaians abroad to vote in national elections.
Justice Anthony Yeboah gave the order after the EC stated in its defence in a case before the court that it was already in the process of implementing the law.
The defence relates to a case brought by five Ghanaians living abroad who insisted that their rights to register and vote in local elections while abroad continue to be violated by the non-implementation of the law.
Mr Attafuah Danso said on the Ghana Yensom show that the NPP has always been in favour of this idea, therefore, “the party has a responsibility to ensure that external branches are strengthened for it.
“As the head of international affairs, I will be travelling to Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cameroon and Nigerian to strengthen our branches there and also create new branches in other countries.”
He added: “Right from the get-go, we have believed in ROPAA, we captured it in our manifesto because we believe this will help our brothers in the diaspora.”
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
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