PROSPECTIVE Members of Parliament (MPs) have been urged to be cautious about their campaign strategies in order not to give false hopes to the electorate in their constituencies.
They should be telling the electorate how they intend to play the core roles of the MP as regards legislation, oversight and representation and not the provision of physical infrastructure such as roads, schools, and hospitals which are in the ambit of the executive and local government.
The Executive Director of a Ho-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Community Action, Mr Orisha Afa, said this in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Ho.
He said, in reality, many of the things the MPs promised during their campaigns were not achievable, and said these unrealistic promises misplaced public expectation and that the public could not ensure that their representatives in Parliament were doing what they should be doing.
“In their bid to please the electorate, they divert their energies towards doing things that they shouldn’t have done,” Mr Afa said.
According to him, many past MPs had sterling qualities in Parliament, yet they lost their seats because of the empty promises they had made to the people.
Mr Afa indicated that the NGO would embark on an intensive public education programme on the roles of the MP and what the electorate must demand from their prospective candidates.
He said radio and television would be used to set the records straight and to correct misconceptions and wrong expectations from MPs.
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