ACP Brown Mercy Wilson, Head of Legal and Prosecution for the Volta Region, has cautioned politicians against distributing food and other items during elections, characterizing such acts as vote buying that undermines Ghana's democratic integrity. She urged politicians to avoid conduct that could compromise voters' free decision-making through material inducements.
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Harrison Kofi Belley, a senior lecturer at Ho Technical University and Ghana Journalists Association chairman, argues that Ghana's efforts to combat vote buying will fail unless law enforcement also targets those who accept bribes, not just those offering them. He contends that addressing both the supply and demand sides of electoral bribery is essential to protecting Ghana's democratic system.
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The Queen Mother of Ho-Dome has alleged that vote buying, including distribution of vehicles and cash by government officials, prevented Togbe Afede XIV from seeking re-election as President of the National House of Chiefs. She described election practices within the chieftaincy institution as heavily influenced by money and inducements, and welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to abolish the delegate system.
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Harrison Kofi Belley, a Senior Lecturer at Ho Technical University and Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, has warned that vote buying has spread beyond political parties into churches, academia, and other institutions, becoming an increasing threat to the country's democratic values.
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The National Commission for Civic Education has proposed creating a Democracy Fund to finance the internal activities of political parties, contending that inadequate party funding is a major driver of vote buying in Ghana's electoral process. The programme director noted that while government institutions receive public funding, political parties do not, creating a gap in Ghana's democratic arrangement.
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The Programmes Director of the National Commission for Civic Education has attributed growing acceptance of vote-buying in Ghana to democracy's failure to deliver basic socio-economic needs. He argued that democracy should be a means to development and must guarantee citizens access to life's necessities to remain secure and combat citizen disenchantment.
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