He said the conversation around the referendum which was to allow the participation of political parties in district elections has shifted from a nationalistic one to a political one.
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Nana Addo was right in calling off the referendum - Peace Council Chairman
Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC) has lauded the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration for putting on hold the December 17 referendum.
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Most Rev. Prof. Asante, who said this in an interview with Graphic Online in Accra on Tuesday [December 3, 2019], noted that changing an entrenched article in the constitution called for consensus and the way the issue was being politicised made it difficult to get that consensus.
“It is important that you put on hold once you begin to see that polarisation is coming on such an important issue. Once you see that positions have been clearly stated - that could create division in the country, it is better for us to hold on, educate the public until such a time that we begin to realise that it is a good thing to change,” he said, and that “for me I think the decision to put it on hold until the attainment of broad consensus we would do ourselves well to hold on”.
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Sunday, called off the referendum slated for December 17, this year, saying there was lack of broad, national consensus among key stakeholders and the populace.
He consequently instructed the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, who was spearheading the process on behalf of the government, to abort the process and see to the withdrawal of the bills for the amendment of the Constitution, both in respect of articles 243(1) and 55(3).
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