It has therefore called on Parlia­ment and the Attorney-General to extend current election laws and introduce a bill in Parliament to punish election offences commit­ted during intra-party elections.

In a letter dated October 9, 2023, addressed to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bon­su, the Minority Leader, Dr Ato Forson and the Attorney-General, Godfred Odame, OccupyGhana said “we write to invite you to co-sponsor and introduce a bill in Parliament that will specifical­ly extend the current laws that provide and punish for public election offences, to cover party primaries and intra-party elections. We believe that this will be the first step to stemming the now rampant vote-buying, intimidation, violence that have become associated with such elections.”

“OccupyGhana has been very concerned about the phenomena where persons use money and gifts to bribe voters and/or use intim­idation, violence, personation, in­sults, tribalism, falsehoods, against opponents in all elections. These have grown to shockingly brazen levels, especially in party primaries to elect presidential and parlia­mentary candidates and intra-party elections to elect party officials.”