APC flagbearer Hassan Ayariga is advocating the promulgation of a law that mandates an incumbent vice president who becomes the flagbearer of his/her party, to resign ahead of national elections for a new vice president to be appointed in his/her stead.

In Mr Ayariga’s view, such a law would forestall incumbency advantage and the misuse of the state resources for campaigning.

“Ghana should pass a constitutional instrument (CI) to mandate that a sitting vice president must step down if he/she is elected to run for president, and a new vice president should be appointed to replace the vice president (candidate) for presidential elections,” Mr Ayariga proposed in a short piece.

He explained: “The reasons are twofold: firstly, the sitting vice president will be compromising his/her position as vice president; secondly, the sitting vice president will be using government resources and state funds to run for president.” 

Mr Ayariga in the interim, is demanding the exit of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the current vice president and the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party.

“Therefore, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia should resign as Vice President of Ghana. This will promote fairness and integrity in the electoral process,” he reasoned.