Ghana: Voting and the diaspora

“Nothing has captured and engaged the imagination of the Ghanaian political jockey lately, home and abroad, more than the current bill – Peoples Representation Amendment Bill – in front of parliament,” says an article on The Bill seeks to extend voting rights and exercise to Ghanaians domiciled overseas. “To those who support the amendment, this is a further demonstration of the buoying democratic dispensation in Ghana…To the opponents, the bill is pregnant with all the anxieties reminiscent of the concerns and fears. They are afraid and are keen on seeing that the right people are elected to govern the country, whose policies would not endanger their interests.”