CPP supports creation of new 45 constituencies

The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) at the weekend supported the creation of 45 new constituencies by the Electoral Commission (EC) and stated: "Leave Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan alone to perform the constitutional mandate duty".  "It is the candid view of the CPP that, the EC would be flouting the constitution if it failed to create the new constituencies. After all, the EC cannot be blamed for the lateness of the results of the census, which is at the root of the delay in this whole matter. "The CPP calls upon all Ghanaians and other bodies interested in Election 2012 to allow the EC to carry out its constitutional obligations that have arisen after the publication of the results of the population and housing census," the CPP stated in statement signed by the Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, CPP General Secretary to the Ghana News Agency in Accra. The CPP explained that the creation of new constituencies were constitutional obligations enshrined in Article 47 subsections 1 to 7 of the 1992 constitution and are the sole responsibility of the EC. "We are not unaware of the deeply partisan nature this issue has taken and as a National party we have to restate that this has the potential of undermining this critical National institution. "We hope that our considered position will be seen as a golden mean in this unnecessary polarized discussion", the CPP stated. The CPP therefore stated emphatically that it has every confidence in the formula being employed by the EC to determine the constituencies...."We do however, believe, that as a country we should at a point in time properly consider the maximum number of constituencies we should have. "We congratulate the EC for its success and fortitude in carrying out its core mandate and believe that its enviable reputation in Ghana, Africa and beyond shall be maintained through the December 2012 elections. "We have total faith in the effectiveness and impartiality of the EC and ask them to ignore all threats and criticisms and remain resolute in the performance of these critical constitutional obligations," the CPP stated.

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