NPP rejects Supreme Court’s delegate system ruling, warns of cost implications

Speaking on Joy FM’s Midday News on Wednesday, August 5, he said the party believes the delegate system is an integral part of Ghana's democratic architecture and contributes to building strong political parties This issue of the judgment by the Supreme Court is something that the New Patriotic Party did not really support because we knew that if you want to ensure the growth of democracy, you need to have viable political parties.

Responding to the proposal, the NPP official said state funding could become necessary if political parties are required to organise nationwide internal elections, but insisted that adequate safeguards must be put in place before any public financing regime is adopted.

Mr Nimako's comments come after National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah disclosed that the NDC spent about GH¢40 million on its 2014 internal elections and proposed that the state should finance internal political party elections.