Ghana’s democracy hasn’t matured for us to trust manifestoes of the parties – Ayariga

Founder of the All Peoples Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has said that Ghana’s democracy has not reached the stage where people will trust the manifesto promises of the political parties.

To him, instead of the parties bringing up their individual manifesto documents, there should be a national development policy that will guide the activities of all the parties when they form a government.

Such a policy, if drafted, should not last more than 8 years, he suggested.

Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Roland Walker, Mr Ayariga said “Our democracy has not matured to the extent that we should believe in political party manifestoes of the parties.

“Our democracy has not matured to the extent that Ghanains should trust the manifestoes of the parties.

“The reason I said we should come up with the nation’s manifesto which is a national development plan drafted and positioned and contributed by stakeholders, political leaders, academics, students everybody.”

A national development plan should substitute political manifestos – Hassan Ayariga, Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress.#TV3NewDay pic.twitter.com/uS2vKvVcKU

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