Positions on ballot papers don’t matter – Asah-Asante

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has said that positions on ballot papers do not matter in the chances of a candidate winning an election.

Although he said some positions can be easily identified, they do not enhance the chance of any of the candidates winning.

The most important thing, he said, is the ability of the aspirants to communicate to the voters how their challenges can be resolved.

He said these on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, July 26 while speaking on the balloting for positions ahead of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) special delegates conference of the party which will reduce the number of presidential aspirants from ten to five.

Asked whether the positions do matter, Dr Asah-Asante said “It doesn’t. the little that you can say about some of the positions, for instance in Ghana here it is so easy to identify with the top, down, and second. Apart from that any position be identified by voters.

“It is not really the position at all but it is the ability to communicate the language of the people,you are communicating and telling the people what you have in mind in solving their needs and problems.”

Seven out of the 10 flagbearer hopefuls were available at the party’s headquarters in Accra for the exercise.

Two rounds of balloting were done. The first, according to spokesperson of the Elections Committee, was to pick the order in which the positions will be picked.

The second was the balloting proper, which saw Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) Kennedy Ohene Agyapong picking the Number 1 position.

Perennial contender and former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen picked the Number 2 position.

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia took the last position of Number 10.

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Below are the positions:

1. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong

2. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen

3. Joe Ghartey

4. Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku

5. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto

6. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong

7. Francis Addai Nimo

8. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku

9. Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko

10. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia

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The special congress will be held in all 16 regions of the country, a decision affirmed by the National Council at its crucial meeting on Thursday, July 20.

That meeting was held after nine of the aspirants petitioned the Council to have a centralised congress.

After the special congress, the final five will be balloting again for the Presidential Primaries on Saturday, November 4.

 

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