Former Gomoa West MP Alexander Abban believes Ghana’s political parties can successfully implement expanded internal elections despite concerns over logistics and costs following the Supreme Court’s latest ruling.

Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (30 July), Abban rejected suggestions that allowing all eligible party members to vote in internal elections would create insurmountable organisational challenges.

He explained that political parties already possess established electoral structures capable of administering large-scale voting exercises.

Using the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as an example, Abban outlined how party elections begin at the polling station level before progressing through electoral area, constituency and national structures.

He said polling station executives are elected by party members, after which those executives participate in subsequent elections at higher levels of the party hierarchy.

Abban argued that this organisational experience means parties already have functioning systems upon which broader voting arrangements can be built.

“Democracy is expensive,” he acknowledged, but stressed that political parties must be prepared to invest the necessary resources to strengthen internal democratic processes.

He also pointed out that modern party elections no longer require delegates to gather at a single national venue, noting that voting can be organised simultaneously across constituency centres.

According to him, this decentralised approach should make implementation manageable even if the electorate expands significantly.

Although he supports the policy objective of reducing money politics, Abban maintained that the publication of the Supreme Court’s full judgment would provide greater clarity on the legal reasoning underpinning the decision.