He said the country can’t even deal with the high level of partisanship at the national level, so why go ahead to make it worse by introducing it at the local level?

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“We (NDC) are for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), but don’t introduce partisanship because as a country we are even unable to deal with partisanship at the national level, so why take it to the local level?” he questioned.

The legislator, speaking in an interview on Joy News’ AM Show on Wednesday, expressed worry over the consequential effects the acceptance of the referendum could bring at the local level.

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Supporting the concern raised by Mr Dafeamekpor, National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, Bernard Mornah, explained that Ghanaians want the election of MMDCEs but not on political basis.

“We want MMDCEs to be elected but not on political basis, it should be on individual basis,” he said.

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He added that a ‘Yes’ vote would make political parties restructure their organogram to include electoral area executives and unit committee executives, processes he said are expensive and will take a lot of time.

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Speaking in an interview on Joy News’ AM Show, Wednesday, he explained that the government ought to bring a compendium of a bill that includes the amendment of Article 243 and its related articles – 242, 246, 247 and 248.

“They brought a memo to parliament seeking to amend only article 243, but what about articles 242, 246, 247, 248 and other consequential amendments? They should bring a bill that has a compendium of these amendments,” he said.

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The legislator revealed that government promised to effect other consequential amendments in the constitution in addition to Article 243, when it brought the bill to parliament but is now unwilling to do so.

“Government gave the assurance that the other consequential amendments in the constitution will be effected in addition to Article 243, but now they are so adamant about doing so and don’t really care,” he said.

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“There is no demonstration of commitment by the New Patriotic Party government to amend Articles 242, 246, 247 and 248,” he added.

Parliament is currently in the process of amending Article 243 (1), which states that, “there shall be a District Chief Executive for every district who shall be appointed by the President with the prior approval of not less than two-thirds majority of members of the Assembly present and voting at the meeting,” to enable eligible citizens to elect their own Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.