The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church is requesting an amendment to the 2024 election date which falls on a Saturday, their Sabbath Day.
The church says the elections would have to be moved from the conventional December 7 because it will conflict with the Sabbath, a holy day dedicated to the worship of God.
In a letter to the Attorney General’s Office, the leadership of the church said they proposed the first or second Tuesday of November in every general election year to the Electoral Commission.
“In anticipation of changing the date for general elections from December 7 to the first (1st) or second (2nd) Tuesday of November, the Leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church met with the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday, June 7.
“The Church proposed to the EC a change from the December 7 date to the 1st or 2nd Tuesday of November in a general elections’ year,” the letter said.
The Women’s Ministry Director at the SDA Church Southern Ghana Union Conference, Solace Asafo explained that it is the hope of the church that elections will not be held on any religious day in Ghana.
She said the church is also pushing for an amendment of the constitutional provisions which restrict the period of organizing parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana.
Below is the letter to the Attorney General’s Office
