{"id":6355,"date":"2019-11-13T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2019-11-13T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:24:20","slug":"december-referendum-ndc-urges-ghanaians-to-vote-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/december-referendum-ndc-urges-ghanaians-to-vote-no","title":{"rendered":"December referendum: NDC urges Ghanaians to vote &#8216;No&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>National Chairman of NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked Ghanaians to vote against the proposed amendment of Article 55 (3) of the 1992 Constitution which will make local government elections partisan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Article 55 (3) states that \u201csubject to the provisions of this article, a political party is free to participate in shaping the political will of the people, to disseminate information on political ideas, social and economic programmes of a national character and sponsor candidates for elections to any public office other than to District Assemblies or lower local government units.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The referendum has become necessary because Article 55 is an entrenched provision of the Constitution and therefore can only be amended through a referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Voting for the proposed amendment has been scheduled for December 17, but the NDC is against it.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference Tuesday, Chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said the local government system should remain non-partisan and that individuals should contest the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections on their own merit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, therefore, decided to campaign for a NO vote at the referendum and to urge all Ghanaians to vote NO at the referendum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequence of exporting this polarization into the District Assemblies is that very soon in our villages, there will be \u201cNDC Communal Labour day\u201d and \u201cNPP Communal Labour day\u201d. There will also be \u201cNDC market\u201d and \u201cNPP market\u201d And so on and so forth,\u201d Mr Ofosu Ampofo stated.<\/p>\n<p>Amending Article 55, in the NDC\u2019s view will result in many consequential matters and pitfalls which it says government is yet to consider.<\/p>\n<p>It is for this reason, they believe that the proposed amendment should have been subjected to intense public discussion as it required for holding referenda on any provision of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout the needed clarity, confusion would arise out of the referendum. This is the problem Great Britain has had to grapple with since the Brexit referendum.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Chairman of NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked Ghanaians to vote against the proposed amendment of Article 55 (3) of the 1992 Constitution which will make local government elections partisan. 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