By Samuel Appiah Darko, Director of Strategy, Research and Communications at the Office of the Special Prosecutor, has dismissed the notion of viewing Ghana as a single constituency, calling it absurd.
This statement follows suggestions from some stakeholders who argued that since the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission serves as the Returning Officer for presidential elections, Ghana should be treated as one constituency.
In an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, Darko contended that the Constitution delineates Ghana into multiple constituencies, rendering this idea impractical.
His position is firmly rooted in the framework of the country’s electoral system and Constitution.
He argues that dividing Ghana into multiple constituencies guarantees fair representation and effective governance, rendering the concept of a single constituency both impractical and unconstitutional.
“That’s the beauty of law, others may want to come from that point of view, but for me, and I think other lawyers may agree with me, that would be stretching it. It’s so absurd for us to say that the whole country is one constituency.
“Other than that the Constitution wouldn’t have also said that the country should be divided into constituencies, where people will now contest.”
The discussion was prompted by the passing of Akua Donkor, the late flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), who died on Monday, October 28, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.
