A former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has made a passionate appeal to Parliament to enact fresh laws on electoral offences, which will see offenders face a minimum prison sentence of five years. His proposal to the law-making body comes on the heels of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) incessant call for a fresh…
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