In a bid to promote informed voting decisions before the December 7th elections, the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, has organised a debate for parliamentary candidates in the Kwesimintsim Constituency of the Western Region.
This move is to offer a platform for the three parliamentary candidates to sell their ideas and to tell the electorates how they will execute their plans when elected legislators.
According to Madam Kathleen Addy, the Chairperson of the NCCE, the exercise offers candidates the opportunity to communicate their messages to the people in the constituency.
She stated that such debates were being held in all 276 constituencies across the country.
Madam Addy expressed gratitude to the candidates present and encouraged eligible voters to participate in the upcoming elections peacefully.
“We are here at Kwesimintim Constituency, and our purpose today as NCCE is to execute the parliamentary candidates’ dialogues that we are holding across the country in every constituency. Today, we are here in Kwesimitsim, and the candidates who avail themselves have had the opportunity to give detailed accounts of what they would do if they had made the candidates of the people,”
” This platform is so important. As you can see what has gone on, because of the way it is set up, because of the way it is structured, the candidates do more than they can do on their platforms because there’s a wide range of people here that you can appeal to that you can remind of what you’ve done, so for those who don’t show up, it’s highly unfortunate, and for those who do, it is a great opportunity to send your message across. So that is why we are here today.”
We are doing this exercise across the country in every constituency. Today, we have an independent candidate and the NDC parliamentary candidates who have taken their time to give detailed explanations of what they would do should they be elected, the members of parliament for the Kwesimintsim Constituency.
Some of the areas for the manifesto debate centred on key areas such as the local economy, health, education, and job creation.
