Students want elective politics

The National Union of Ghana Students has re-stated its call on the PNDC to take concrete steps to return the nation to elective politics.

In a communique issued at the end of their 20th Congress the NUGS said the failure of the government to announce any definite plans in that direction is regrettable.

“We demand the production of a definite programme for a return to elective government based on consultation with identifiable bodies”

said the communique.

It is only when Ghanaians can freely elect their leaders that there can be true progress, peace and prosperity, said the NUGS. The communique also called on the PNDC to appoint a Chairman for the National Commission for Democracy who is not a member of government.

The NCD which performs electoral functions is also charged with formulating a new political system for Ghana under the PNDC.

Its current Chairman is Justice D. F. Annan, member of the PNDC, and Chairman of the National Economic Commission.