Polisi panyin bi abɔ amanyɔfoɔ kɔkɔ sɛ wɔnnyae aduane ne nneɛma foforɔ akyɛdeɛ wɔ abatoɔ berɛ mu, a ɔkyerɛɛ saa nneyɛeɛ no sɛ ebia ɛyɛ aba tɔ na wabɔ ɔmanfoɔ kɔkɔ sɛ wɔnkpo nneyɛeɛ a ɛsɛe Ghana demokrasi nhyehyɛeɛ pa no.

ACP Brown Mercy Wilson, a ɔyɛ Mmara ne Asoɛeɛ a Ɛdi Nsɛm Akyi Panyin wɔ Volta Mantam mu ne Mmaa Polisifoɔ Kuo panyin wɔ mantam no mu, kaa nsɛm yi wɔ Volta Mantam mu nhyiamu a JoyNews Impact Makers Foundation yɛeɛ a ɛne JoyNews' “Democracy Is Not For Sale” nhyiamu no ase.

Sɛdeɛ ɔkyerɛeɛ no, amanyɔfoɔ a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ nneyɛeɛ a ɛte saa mu wɔ abatoɔ berɛ mu no bɔ tebea a ebia ɛbɛtumi asɛe abatoɔfoɔ adwene a wɔsi no faako a obiara nhyɛ wɔn no.

“Sɛ amanyɔni bi kura aduane mmoa mu na ɔrekyɛ wɔ abatoɔ berɛ mu a, saa amanyɔni no nnyɛ nipa pa. Saa tebea no yɛ nsɛmmɔnedie beaeɛ,” ACP Wilson hyɛɛ no nsɔ.

Ɔhyehyɛɛ amanyɔfoɔ ne amansan nipatitre sɛ wɔnhwɛ wɔn suban yie, titire ne nneyɛeɛ a ɛbɛtumi adaadaa abatoɔfoɔ wɔ honam akyɛdeɛ so.

“Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nneɛma a, ɛfiri nkyerɛkyerɛmu pa a ɛfata a yɛnnya nti, ɛbɛsɛe anidie adwene wɔ nnipa a wɔfiri wɔn kɔn hwɛ wo berɛ a woreyɛ wo nneɛma anaa woreka wo nsɛm mu. Mmyɛ nneɛma a ɛbɛsɛe wɔn ara wɔn anidie adwene,” ɔkaa mpo.

Ɔmaa saa nsɛm yi berɛ a ɔman no mu akasa-akasa fa sika ne daadaa a ɛwɔ Ghana abatoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ mu no mu reyɛ den.

“Democracy Is Not For Sale” nhyiamu ahodoɔ no, a JoyNews Impact Makers Foundation hyehyɛeɛ no, aka amanyɔfoɔ, adwumakuo ahodoɔ a ɛnnyɛ aban deɛ, mmara mu abenfoɔ ne amansan abɔmu sɛ wɔnkasa fa adwene-amaneɛ a ɛfa aba tɔ ne amanyɔsɛm a wɔde sika yɛ ho.

Nhwehwɛmu a JoyNews yɛeɛ ansa na Volta Mantam no nhyiamu no reba no kyerɛe sɛ nnipa pii a wɔbisaa wɔn nsɛm no nim aba tɔ ho nsɛm, na ebi kyerɛe sɛ wɔahunu sɛ amanyɔfoɔ anaa wɔn ananmusifoɔ rekyɛ sika ne nneɛma foforɔ de adaadaa nnipa wɔ abatoɔ mu.

Wɔ Ghana abatoɔ mmara mu no, aba tɔ ne abatoɔfoɔ daadaa yɛ nsɛmmɔnedie. Onkyɛfa 240 ne 241 a ɛwɔ Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29) mu, ne Representation of the People Act, 1992 (PNDCL 284) mmara no, bra aba tɔ ne aba tɔn wɔ amansan abatoɔ mu.

Mmom, ehu kɛseɛ asɔ fa mmara no mu mfomsoɔ anaa akwan a ɛda hɔ fa amanyɔkuo no ara mu abatoɔ ho, efi sɛ amanyɔkuo mu abatoɔ (primaries) nni kan a wɔabu no sɛ amansan abatoɔ wɔ mmara a ɛwɔ hɔ seesei mu.

Eyi ama amambu mu abenfoɔ ne amansan kuo ahodoɔ asrɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ nsesaeɛ na mmara asotwe a ɛfa daadaa ho no atrɛ kɔ akyiri sen amansan abatoɔ nkutoo.

Ɔkyerɛwfoɔ Titire Dwumadibea (Office of the Special Prosecutor) nso akyerɛ ɔpɛ sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ aba tɔ so nkuro a ɛfata amanyɔkuo primaries mu.

ACP Wilson nsɛm no de mmara nsɔano adwene ka nsreɛ a ɛrekɔ so a ɛreka sɛ wɔnyɛ nsesaeɛ de abɔ Ghana demokrasi nhyehyɛeɛ ho ban afiri sika tumi a ɛrenya nkɔsoɔ ho.

Akasafoɔ a wɔkasae wɔ “Democracy Is Not For Sale” nhyiamu a atwam no mu abɔ kɔkɔ sɛ aba tɔ de asiane ba sɛ ɛbɛdan abatoɔ afiri nkɔmmɔbɔ a ɛfa nhyehyɛeɛ ne akannifoɔ ho so kɔ sika gua yɛ mu wɔ akansifoɔ ne abatoɔfoɔ ntam.

Ɔman mu nkɔmmɔbɔ no botaeɛ ne sɛ ɛbɛhyɛ amansan ne amanyɔfoɔ nkuran ma wɔahyɛ amanyɔsɛm a ɛgyina nsɛm pɔteɛ so den na wɔahyɛ ahotosoɔ a wɔwɔ wɔ Ghana demokrasi mmoa mu den.