By Professor Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a political scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, has proposed that individuals intending to contest Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections should undergo psychological assessments before being allowed to run for public office.
Speaking on Adom FM on Tuesday morning, Professor Kpessa-Whyte, who is also a former Director of the National Service Scheme, emphasized the importance of this measure, warning that without it, the nation might eventually see an unfit individual assuming the office of President.
He also recommended that the psychological evaluation of candidates should be included in the constitutional review process.
“Ghana must consider designing a democratic temperament test as well as sanity evaluations for any citizen who offers himself to be elected as president. Our recent experience shows that even a clown could easily become president under the existing order,” Prof. Kpessa-Whyte suggested.
