IEA considers separate debate for Mahama-Akufo-Addo

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The Institute of Economic Affairs(IEA) says it is considering holding a separate presidential debate for candidates of the two major political parties.
The Public Policy Institute says the consideration is based on a survey it conducted in Ghana.
Participants of the survey indicated they would want to witness a separate debate between the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama and that of New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The IEA debate is organised for presidential candidates to come together on a single platform to discuss their policies and programmes and answer questions from the electorate, is gradually becoming institutionalized on Ghana's political calender.
Four years ago flagbearers of all registered political parties including PNC's Hassan Ayariga, NPP's Akuffo-Addo, John Dramani Mahama and the then Presidential Candidate for the CPP, Dr Abu Sakara were featured in the debate.
The IEA believes "that those who wish to govern must subject themselves to probing questions by the electorate to ensure that they understand their concerns and have the capacity to address them."
Dr. Michael Ofori-Mensah, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute, the Institute also revealed that they will hold a Vice Presidential Debate this year.
The Vice Presidential debate is for Vice Presidential Aspirants whose parties have representation in Parliament to share their visions with the electorates.
This, according to Dr. Ofori-Mensah, is important because "our constitution mandates the Vice President assumes the role of President when the latter is unable to perform the functions of the office. Vice Presidential Aspirants, therefore, have to demonstrate the qualities of a President."
Since 2000, the IEA has been conducting Presidential debates for Presidential Aspirants without involving Vice Presidents to interact with the Ghanaian electorates prior to elections.
As a measure to advance the debate series, the Vice Presidential debate will be organized and intended to come off in the first week of October.
Source: Ghana/Myjoyonline.com

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