IMANI Centre for Policy and Education abɔ kɔkɔ sɛ Supreme Court‘s agyinaeɛ a ɛrehia sɛ amanyɔkuo ma wɔn emufoɔ a wɔatwerɛ wɔn din nyinaa to aba wɔ wɔn emu abatoɔ mu no bɛtumi de mmara mu ne dwumadie nhyehyɛeɛ mu nsɛnnennen kɛseɛ aba sɛ mmrahyɛbadwa mu nsasayeɛ no ansua a.

Wɔ atɛmmuo no mu nhwehwɛmu mu no, Nhwehwɛmufoɔ Boafoɔ Ransford Brobbey kyerɛɛ agyinaeɛ no sɛ ɛyɛ anammɔn a ɛyɛ den a wɔatu de retrɛ amanyɔkuo emu demokrasi mu, nso ɔbɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ ɛda nsonsonoeɛ a ɛwɔ Ghana amanyɔsɛm ne abatoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ mu adi.

Sɛdeɛ ɔkyerɛ no, baabi korɔ a wɔatwerɛ amanyɔkuo emufoɔ nyinaa din a ɛni hɔ no yɛ akwansideɛ kɛseɛ pa ara baako a ɛreha agyinaeɛ no dwumadie.

Brobbey gyeetoo mu sɛ, ɛsiane sɛ amanyɔkuo ahodoɔ siesie a akora wɔn ankasa dinkora kyerɛwtohɔ so no nti, mmara mu kwan biara nni hɔ a ɛmma nnipa ntumi nyɛ amanyɔkuo dodoɔ bi emufoɔ, a ɛde “party raiding,” ho asiane ba, baabi a amanyɔkuo baako emufoɔ kɔto aba wɔ amanyɔkuo foforɔ emu abatoɔ mu de sesa nsɔhwɛeɛ no.

Ɔsan nso bisaa asɛnnibea no nteaseɛ a ɔwɔ wɔ demokrasi nnyinasosɛm ho no, a ɔgyinaa so sɛ Ghana amansan mmara nhyehyɛeɛ si representative democracy so, baabi a ananmusifoɔ a wɔapaw wɔn no di dwuma ma amansan.

Brobbey kaa sɛ delegate nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛwɔ amanyɔkuo mu no ne saa nnyinasosɛm no hyia ɛfiri sɛ ananmusifoɔ (delegates) no ankasa yɛ wɔn a emufoɔ a wɔwɔ aseɛ hɔ no apaw wɔn.

IMANI nhwehwɛmufoɔ no hyɛɛ no nsow bio sɛ agyinaeɛ no de mmara mu nsonsonoeɛ ba Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574) no ne atɛmmuo no ntam, ɛsiane sɛ mmara no ma amanyɔkuo ahodoɔ fahodie sɛ wɔn ankasa nhyehyɛ wɔn emu amambu kwan.

Ɔsii so dua sɛ ɛmfa ho sɛ Asɛnnibea Kunsini no ahyɛ amanyɔkuo ahodoɔ sɛ wɔnsesa wɔn amansan mmara no, Parliament ɛsɛ sɛ ɛsesa mmara no na ama mmara nhyehyɛeɛ no ne asɛnnibea no agyinaeɛ no ahyia.

Brobbey san nso poosɛ nsusuwiiɛ a ɛse delegate nhyehyɛeɛ a wɔbɛyi afiri hɔ no bɛma aba-tɔ agyae no, a ɔgyinaa so sɛ mmom abatoɔfoɔ dodoɔ a wɔbɛtrɛ mu no bɛtumi ama ɔhesatuɔ sika a wɔbɔ no adɔɔso na ama sikani kãndifoɔ a ɔtumi tua sika ma emu ɔhesatuɔ kɛseɛ no anya mfasoɔ.

Ɔfrɛɛ Mrahyɛbadwa sɛ wɔnsesa Act 574 na wɔmma Electoral Commission tumi sɛ wɔnkora amanyɔkuo emufoɔ nyinaa din kyerɛwtohɔ korɔ so, a ɔbɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ sɛ ansakyera a ɛte saa amma a, agyinaeɛ no dwumadie bɛtumi de basabasa ba na asɛe amanyɔkuo emu abatoɔ ho nokwareyeɛ.