NPP Deputy National Communications Director, Kamal-Deen Abdullai, has urged the New Patriotic Party to revise its measures to discourage the culture of vote buying in the party.
The vote buying, technically described as "monecracy", is the act where political aspirants induce delegates with items and money in order to woo them.
The New Patriotic Party recently held its Regional elections and elected executives for their branches across the 16 Regions of Ghana, however some party aspirants were recorded to have doled out monies to the delegates to solicit their votes.
Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Kamal-Deen suggested a solution to ending the vote buying in the party.
According to him, in order to stop the aspirants from financially inducing the delegates, the leadership should expand the delegates base to make impossible for any person to buy the votes of the delegates.
He believed expanding the numbers is a sure way of ending the party's monecracy.
"I have always said that if NPP puts its things in order, winning an election is not so much difficult for us. But if, internally, we don't put matters right and some people feel short-changed, so they will overlook things . . . that is where we are going to have ourselves to blame. But so far so good except to add that it appears the monetization is becoming too much and we really need to look at it. It is very important.
"I am praying and hoping that the new crop of executives, there should be a conversation centered around that. What can we do to help reduce at least that spectacle we are presenting for people to see the party as such? If we are not able to do it, a time would come that we would always cede competence to whoever has money and it's a problem. It's dangerous!"
He, however, complimented the party for a successful elections at the Regional level but called on the members and supporters to put their hands on deck for the party to win power again.
"Breaking the eight cannot just be mere words; a lot of work," he advised.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Well I wish there would be no “monicracy” in our political landscape in Ghana but unfortunately the system calls for it and there’s poverty in our country so there’s no other way to change that unless two things are done 1. All card bearing members of every political party should vote in every level, and 2. We the citizens should change our minds and be patriotic to be sure that NO ONE can develop our country for us except we the people. Then when we’re developed we share the goodies together. Arise and let’s change our mindset and attitudes. Food for thought
Indeed mere words can't 'break the 8'. The interesting thing is that a sizable number of appointees who are chanting 'break the 8' have no biological child of their own who is/are 18 years and above i.e. The legal age to vote in Ghana. So question is; who's 18 year old children are they relying on to 'break the 8' for them to secure their positions? If you find yourself in such a pathetic position where you can cease to be what you are today, you should be the one to respect everybody irrespective of their economic or social standing. They may be nobody's but they are the very people who will decide your fate if you stand for elections. I can tell John Mahama, Bawumia or Allan Kyeremanten in their face that i don't need anything from them, but they need something from me if they are to contest for president in 2024, unfortunately arrogance, greed, selfishness, empty pride is the lot of some appointees in the current government, some never dreamt of getting what they have today so they think that's the end. Yes, you can use your position to gather all you need today but as to whether those things will sustain you for the rest of your life, that one you don't have control. Some people who genuinely acquired properties don't have anything today, those properties were not stolen, they were not spent on ladies, they were not mismanaged but they have vanished much less someone who stole from the people. Time will tell. If you build a house with saliva, the dew will bring it down.