General News of Monday, 14 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comDaughters who are taking after their political fathers by going to parliamentFour of the MPs-elect are daughters of renowned politiciansWhen Ghana’s 8th Parliament is sworn in, at the midnight of January 6, 2020, 39 of its members will be women. Among the women who emerged winners in the 2020 parliamentary elections, a unique category of the female political class has been created consisting of daughters who have successfully succeeded their fathers in the political arena. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings was able to earn her second term in parliament despite the effects of her father’s death on her campaign. She, however, won convincingly on December 7th by outpacing her closest contender with 8,000 extra votes earning 39,193 total votes. She worked through the party’s constituency structure and rose to the position of a Women Organiser.

Source: GhanaWeb December 14, 2020 14:03 UTC