More Seats on Offer for 2004 Elections

'The Dispatch', an independent bi-weekly says one event which is likely to raise political temperatures in Ghana will be the Electoral Commission's (EC) constitutionally mandated duty to create more constituencies for the 2004 Parliamentary elections.

In an exclusive interview, the Electoral Commissioner, Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, told the privately owned paper that he does not know the exact number of new constituencies to be created but indicated that there will definitely be more than 200 seats to be contested for the 2004 Parliamentary elections.

He said EC in getting ready for this assignment will have to get the final census figures before it can do the demarcations and once they are obtained they will then determine the quantum of the increase in the population and consequently, the appropriate number of increases in constituencies. The formula has already been laid down in the Constitution."