Politics of Monday, 17 August 2020Source: Class FMElection 2020: EC implementing ROPAA through back door - CARE Ghana allegesEC Chairperson, Jean MensaCare for Free and Fair Elections Ghana "CARE" GHANA, has called on the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) to ensure openness and transparency in its preparations toward the December 7, 2020 polls in order to ensure a peaceful atmosphere in the country devoid of suspicion and confusion. The call follows alleged rumours of attempts by the EC to implement the Representation of the People's Amendment Act (ROPAA) among some Ghanaians living abroad to the exclusion of others. ROPAA was passed by Parliament on 24 February 2006. In a statement issued by CARE Ghana and signed by its Executive Secretary David Kumi Addo on Sunday, 16 August 2020, the group said information available to it “reveals that, the Electoral Commission (EC) is nicodemusly implementing ROPAA through the backdoor.”It emphasised that: “Electoral Commission is registering Ghanaian students living and studying abroad on government scholarship. This move by the EC to determine who is more Ghanaian than the other is an affront to the 1992 Constitution and an insult to our intelligence”.

Source: GhanaWeb August 17, 2020 11:46 UTC