Legal practitioner Kofi Bentil has stated that vote buying in elections in Ghana, whether in intraparty or interparty elections, will not cease.
To him, any intervention to address the issue of buying votes will either make the situation worse or just dance around it.
Bentil mentioned that even in advanced democracies such as the United States and the UK, vote buying occurs.
“Vote buying won’t stop. Any intervention will just push it to another level,” he said on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, February 14.
He added, “The real problem is poverty.”
He was contributing to a discussion on the vote-buying that characterised the Ayawaso East parliamentary primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the by-election.
The NDC constituted a three-member committee to investigate allegations of widespread inducement and vote buying.
In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, on Saturday, February 7, the party said the committee had until Tuesday, February 10, 2026, to submit its findings.
“In line with the Party’s commitment to internal democracy, transparency and ethical political conduct, the Committee will investigate the allegations and make appropriate recommendations, including sanctions where necessary,” the statement said.
The party, however, cleared the eventual winner Baba Jamal, who was lagged to have bought votes.
