Monecracy In Politics: The Giver And The Receiver Are Criminals – Nana Otupiri Darko1 min read

The monetisation of electoral politics has become an emerging threat to Ghana’s democracy. The emergence and the growth of the use of money to negatively influence the nation’s electoral politics and governance is undermining multiparty representative democracy in the country.

This constitutes the giving of cash or other material incentives in exchange for votes, a phenomenon known in Ghana as “monecracy”. Political parties and election candidates have had the habit of engaging in excessive vote buying to get elected into office both during intra and inter-party level elections.

Director for Ghana First Coalition, Nana Otupiri Darko says the giver and the receiver of the money are criminals.

Speaking on the Ama Ghana Morning Show on Time FM, he said sometimes it baffles to know how the money flows during the election and yet the citizens are enduring hardships.

According to Nana Otupiri Darko, monecracy in politics was introduced by MPs who disappointed their constituents.

Watch his assertion below…