Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Asiedu Kokuro that it is unconstitutional for chiefs to endorse candidates or their party.

According to him,Ghana’s democracy risks becoming destabilised if traditional leaders continue to take sides in political matters.

He is worried that,”chiefs, who are supposed to be neutral, are often seen declaring their support for political parties and politicians,”Asiedu Kokuro told Kwaku Owusu Adjei(Patoo) on Adwenekasa on Accra-based Original FM 91.9.

Asiedu Kokuro said it is for good reason that the Constitution does not permit chiefs to engage in partisan politics.

He narrated how a consultative meeting for the moulding of the 1992 Constitution established that traditional rulers were culpable of the country’s political instability, hence, their insulation from partisan politics.

Asiedu Kokuro explained that the constitutional provision that allowed chiefs to participate in politics was removed to protect chiefs from being biased when settling disputes between political actors.

He encouraged traditional rulers to “stay on the path of independence, peacebuilding, and to continue to pray and pour libation for us. Advise every politician and if Nananom [traditional rulers] indicate that violence is abhorred, that advice will go to all politicians in the country.

Source:Richard Obeng Bediako ll Metrotvonline.com ll Ghana