After every election, it is likely electoral reforms would
take place. Many are those who believe that the just-ended election
petition at the Supreme Court would bring about massive change in
any future general elections.
But Mr. Johnson Aseidu Nketia disagrees with those who hold
such an opinion. He argues that the petitioners went to court for
power and not for electoral reforms so he finds it hard to
understand them when they talk about reforms.
As a person who has participated in almost every election
held under the fourth republic, he explains that after every
election, political parties meet the representatives from the
Electoral Commission to decide on the process which need
reforms.
The idea, is to correct any identified electoral misconduct,
Mr. Aseidu Nketia observed. “This brought an improvement and paved
way for the use of transparent ballot boxes and pictures on ID
cards in the 1996 elections”, he said.
The NDC chief scribe established on OKAY FM that there was no
way the petition filed by the petitioners would bring about any
electoral reforms in the future.
Taking a subliminal swipe at the petitioners, Mr. Aseidu
Nketia stated that telling lies in court should not elude them to
think electoral reforms would soon take place.
“No political party should deceive the people that filing a
petition at the court could bring about electoral reforms. Reforms
have been going on all this while and it was not a decision by the
court”, he warned.
