Managing editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said the closure of all land borders will disenfranchise many Ghanaians.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr noted many Ghanaians are living in neighboring towns close to the Ghanaian border and this will disenfranchise many Ghanaians of their legitimate right to vote
According to the Ministry, this action is being taken to protect the integrity of the electoral process. The closure is effective immediately and will remain in force until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 8.
In a statement issued by the Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey, the Ministry called on citizens and travelers to comply with the directive and cooperate with state security agencies enforcing it.
Speaking on TV3, Kwasi Pratt stated, “To start with the closure of the land border, I am really astonished, it doesn’t seem to make sense at all, because all of us know as a fact that there are Ghanaians who are residents especially in the Aflao area many Ghanaians in their thousands Bonafide Ghanaians are residents in this border town”.
“The are also Ghanaians who are residents in Cote d’Ivoire and other border towns and then there are Ghanaians on the Northern border. What is this closure meant to achieve, so if I am a Ghanaian and I am in Lome and I intend to come to Ghana to vote tomorrow morning I am being blocked from exercising my constitutional right and that is a huge problem”, he detailed.
Kwasi Pratt reiterated, “This announcement I am worried about it because it will disenfranchise many Ghanaians of their legitimate right to vote”.
The 2024 general elections are underway as Ghanaians vote to decide their next president and parliamentarian for the next four years.
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#GhanaDecides2024: I am worried about the closure of all land borders because it will disenfranchise many Ghanaians of their legitimate right to vote. – Kwesi Pratt#ElectionCommandCentre pic.twitter.com/bHlRBEoGoc
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) December 6, 2024
