It was time to talk about it, she said, adding that “I think it’s about time in our country to consider reforming our electoral system that might allow for the inclusion of those constituencies that are underrepresented, like introducing the quota system or proportional representation.”
While proportional representation assigns seats to parties based on how well they perform in the parliamentary campaign, the quota system introduces affirmative action to guarantee that specific population groups are represented in Parliament.
It implies that more women might be elected to Parliament than do so currently if Ghana were to implement the quota system.
Additionally, according to Ms. Nkrumah, the idea might provide the minor parties with some participation in Parliament in accordance with how well they did in the parliamentary battle. This kind of scenario is typically utilized to significantly promote democracy.
Ambition in Parliament
Ms. Nkrumah said that she was new to politics and had been outside of Ghana for a long time when discussing how she won the Jomoro seat in 2008. “I guess we were so caught up in the campaign in spreading the message that we did not even think of losing or winning,” she said.
The fact that I believe that would be the start of revitalizing the political party and Kwame Nkrumah’s ideas—or even just starting a dialogue about Nkrumah and his policies—made me the happiest of all.
That was really the most important thing to her.
After serving one term in parliament from 2008 to 2012, Ms. Nkrumah resigned as CPP chairperson in order to run for the party’s flag-bearership.
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