Settle debate on partisan local governance in 2027 Referendum – Quartey

“The time has come for Ghanaians themselves to decide the future direction of local governance,” he said, urging that the question of political party participation in District Assembly elections be included in the proposed 2027 referendum.

He referenced the 2012 Constitution Review Commission, chaired by Professor Albert Fiadzo, which recommended that Parliament, considering prevailing circumstances and public opinion, should in the future amend Article 248 of the Constitution to permit political party participation in local governance.3, GNA – Mr Douglas Quartey, a development practitioner, has called on Ghana to settle the longstanding debate over partisan and non-partisan local governance by allowing citizens to decide the issue through the proposed 2027 constitutional referendum.