This follows the NDC’s sudden decision announcing that they will be campaigning for a “No” vote on the upcoming referendum to amend Article 55(3) of the Constitution. The amendment is to allow political parties to also freely contest in the local government elections and administration and for voters to be able to hold political parties directly accountable for their stewardship at the local and not just the national level. This, they have done throughout the many engagements, conferences and symposiums that have been held on the referendum involving all the major political parties in the country. That is why all the political parties, civil society groups, the media and the general public all appear surprised, confused and even hoodwinked by the NDC’s abrupt U-turn last Tuesday, barely five weeks to the referendum of December 17. The NPP described what the NDC displayed last Tuesday as “nothing else but an unpatriotic betrayal of the Ghanaian people.

Source: GhanaWeb November 18, 2019 16:18 UTC