The outgoing National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has called on the Ghana Police Service to arrest anyone involved in vote buying as the party holds its regional elections.
Speaking in an interview on Joy News, he stated that once a person is a citizen and subject to the laws of the country, it is not correct to subordinate national law to party laws, adding that doing so makes the individual part of the problem.
"It is not a bad thing if anybody wants to give party people something. But if it happens in a way around elections to suggest that we are just buying positions, then it is not acceptable at all in a democracy," he stated.
Mr Nketiah said if the police see anything that suggests conduct contrary to the country's criminal law, they should be bold to proceed with whatever measures are needed, the same way they deal with crime anywhere else.
"State action will truncate whatever party action will be taken if you commit a crime. I am calling on state institutions. We in party leadership have our responsibility to caution, to apply the party laws but the party laws are not strong enough to deal with crime," he added.
He stressed that where a crime is committed, state institutions should not treat it as an NPP or NDC matter and wait for the party chairman to act.
