NDC directs its MPs to suspend campaigns to shoot down EC’s new CI

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded of its sitting Members of Parliament to immediately suspend campaign activities in their constituencies.

The NDC has equally restricted its Members of Parliament from travelling with the purpose of the number of people required to fight against the EC’s proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI) for 2024’s election.

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The National Democratic Congress and its Members of Parliament are not in support of the decision by the Electoral Commission to make the Ghana card the only identity document to register to vote in the next general elections.

In a public press release statement endorsed by the General Secretary of the NDC party, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, stated that the decision was adopted by its Functional Executive Committee. The adoption was done on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

The NDC party again asked its MPs to always be in attendance in Parliament in order to fight against the new CI.
The party declared from now till March 31, 2023, as “Operation Save our Democracy” to help champion its mission.

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Access and read the full statement below;
“We bring you greetings from the national secretariat of the NDC and trust this letter finds you in good health.

At its meeting held on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the Functional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress in solidarity with the Minority Caucus’ fight against the obnoxious Constitutional Instrument the Electoral Commission is seeking to lay before Parliament, resolved that the period from the evening of 7th March 2023 up to the 31 March 2023 has been declared as “Operation Save Our Democracy:” Accordingly, FEC issues the following directives:

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1) All campaign activities in all constituencies with sitting NDC MPs are hereby suspended.
2) All sitting NDC MPs, shall be required to attend all Parliamentary sittings.
3) No NDC MP shall undertake any travel that will affect his or her attendance in Parliament. 4) Any MP who has travelled is hereby recalled immediately.
5) All regional and constituency executives and aspirants are directed to ensure strict compliance with the directives herein.
6) All parliamentary aspirants, are hereby directed in their own interest, to strictly adhere to these directives as breach of same shall attract severe sanctions.
The dates for the filing of nominations, vetting of parliamentary aspirants and parliamentary primaries shall remain unchanged.
Please treat as urgent.
Thank you.”