The Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) is asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to revoke the licenses of some political parties in the country.<\/p>\n
The PPP argued that such political parties including the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), the Independent People\u2019s Party (IPP) and the YES People\u2019s Party should be expunged from the EC\u2019s political parties list for being dormant.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”hQ8x2KOKstRUGXLHAIGx0gqXzGUYOBd4″]The National Secretary of the PPP, Kofi Asamoah-Siaw described the GCPP and the others as \u201cIPAC political parties\u201d who only attend IPAC meeting because of the \u201cFanta, the rice, the meat pie and the fried chicken and that is it.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are 24 registered political parties in Ghana under the fourth Republic but most of them do not contest in general elections.<\/p>\n
According to the PPP, it is time the EC cleared the country\u2019s political space.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> on the back of an EC report which says majority of political parties in Ghana have failed the requirement needed to run a political party, Kofi Asamoah-Siaw stressed that such parties must be banned.<\/p>\n He pointed out that these parties are never seen advocating for policies changes, reforms in the nation\u2019s constitution, and neither are they seen advocating for people\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n Their inactivity, according to the PPP gives room for them to be used as \u201cpropagandist tools for other political parties and create confusion in the minds of voters and we don\u2019t get the best out of the electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n Asamoah-Siaw said it is time for the EC \u201cto put its feet down to get rid of all these political parties so that there will be some sanity in the political space.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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