The former Bishop of the Kumasi Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana, Right Rev Professor Osei Sarfo Kantanka has recommended that the nation’s 2024 general election should be held under new constitution.
He stressed that this adjustments in the constitution should be geared towards halting electoral violence in the nation and guarantee total development devoid of partisan politics.
He noted that adjustments in the nation’s constitution to oversee and manage 2024 decisions should be facilitated by President Akufo Addo which will invariably be his greatest legacy bequeath to the nation .
“What sort of heritage should Nana Akufo Addo hand down to the country? His legacy ought not be going to be free SHS”
Right Rev Professor Sarfo Kantanka offered this comment in his Radio Gospel Broadcast show on a Kumasi based Kesben FM.
Right Rev Professor Sarfo Kantanka contended that if President Akufo Addo neglected to help in changing the pattern in which the country is being administered , his approaches with respect to industrialization drive can’t push development of the nation forward .
” Even Jesus changed his system by presenting another idea where he paired his followers in twos at certain point in his evangelism, when he understood he was not making any viable outcomes and progress with old evangelism shows”
“If you don’t mind Nana Akufo Addo your enduring legacy is that you ought to gain from what Jesus did.
“How about we change the system. Not for NPP, but rather for Ghana.
Furthermore, the constitution should be changed so we can proceed onward to annihilate poverty that greater part Ghanaians are floundering in.” , he expressed
He emphasized that the country’s constitution should be explored dependent on the nation’s past political history.
” We have utilized this constitution for as far back as thirty years.
“Indeed, even God needed to do it under Moses, Samuel and Ezekiel. God even made changes in his managing individuals.
Right Rev Professor Sarfo Kantanka suggested that no one who was in tuned with best acts of legitimate planning and its implementation would concur that four-year time frame would be enough to successfully govern the entire nation.”
He further focused on that the nation should try to discover answers for duopoly framework where the Ewes just observe the need to decide in favor of National Democratic Congress, NDC, even despite partition of Oti area from Volta region and
dominant part of northerners would vote for NDC. He in the equivalent vein showed that the situation was the same with Ashanti’s and others deciding in favor of New Patriotic Party, NPP.
” This phenomenon began from the times of Dr Kwame Nkrumah in 1957 when he initially established Convention People’s Party, CPP and other political opponents,seperatist formed UP.
“Presently these two political parties have transformed into NPP and NDC.
He contended that if the present circumstance persisted the nation couldn’t move forward.
Right Rev Professor Sarfo Kantanka noted that the nation required a third power to break the struggle hood on power by these two parties .
“Even if we have a political party which can win 5 or 10 seats in Parliament they will help push for good policies that will help build up the nation. Furthermore, it is essential to end “opposition have their say and majority have their way ” mantra in Parliament” he stated