The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice that it would not accept attempts to prevent Ghanaians living in Togo from participating in the upcoming general elections.
According to the NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the party will squarely meet any act of discrimination against people crossing into the country via land to vote.
Speaking at a rally in Ziope in the Agotime Ziope constituency, which lies on the Ghana-Togo border, he questioned the intentions of the ROPAL Law passed by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“So the logic they want us to understand is that if you are a Ghanaian and you are living in America and you fly to Kotoka International Airport, they will allow you to go and vote but if you are Ghanaian living in Togo and you want to come and vote in your hometown that one you are a Togolese, you are a stranger so we must not allow you to vote. We shall not accept that discrimination”, he said.
He urged electorates in the constituency that has been the traditional seat of the NDC to be steadfast, as the governing NPP will devise means of ensuring their votes are suppressed by preventing their relatives from crossing over to vote.
“They [NPP] will find every reason to prevent you from voting and to prevent those who live in Togo from coming to their own country to vote”, he stressed.
Mr Nketia appealed to the electorates to vote for the NDC to win the upcoming elections to liberate them from suffering.
“So, our compatriots in Agotime Ziope, we don’t need to come and convince you to vote for NDC because you suffer most when NPP is in power, and if you want to continue living under that suffering, it is up to you”, he stressed.
The Agotime Ziope NDC Parliamentary candidate, Charles Agbeve entreated the electorates to come out in their numbers and vote on December 7th, 2024, to enable the constituency to meet the targeted 25,000 votes for the opposition party.
Source: Fred Quame Asare
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