Accra: Two leading members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng and Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, along with National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Dr Christine Amoako-Nuamah, have launched a legal action against the major political parties in Ghana. The lawsuit targets the internal election processes of these parties, accusing them of using unconstitutional delegate systems.
According to Ghana Web, the legal action was initiated at the Supreme Court by their lawyer, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. The suit challenges the internal voting structures of Ghana's major political parties, namely the NDC, NPP, and Convention People's Party (CPP), by invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs seek an interpretation of the articles of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, specifically those related to the organisation of party primaries, including Article 55.
The suit requests the court to declare that the election of a political party's presidential and parliamentary candidates is a fundamental part of the party's internal organisation, as outlined in Article 55(5) of the 1992 Constitution. Furthermore, it calls for a declaration that the internal structuring of political parties must ensure equal political participation and voting rights for members in selecting candidates, aligning with several constitutional articles including the Preamble, Articles 1(1) and (2), 17, 33(5), 35(6)(d), 42, and 55(5).