SDA Church Petitions Electoral Commission To Reschedule 2024 Election From Saturday, December 7

• The Seventh-day Adventist Church has petitioned the Electoral Commission to move the election day from the regular day of December 7
• The church made the petition because the 2024 election will fall on a Saturday, which it considers a Sabbath
• The Seventh-day Adventist Church also plans to petition the Office of the Attorney General on the issue

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has petitioned the Electoral Commission to move the election day from the regular day of December 7 because it falls on Saturday, their day of worship.

The church maintains that Saturday is their Sabbath and a holy day dedicated to the worship of God.

It further suggested the first or second Tuesday of December 2024 as a more convenient alternative.

In a statement, the church said it had discussed the petition with the Electoral Commission.

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According to the church, the Electoral Commission would consider the petition.

The Director for Public Affairs and Religious Liberty at the Seventh-day Adventist Church Southern Ghana Union Conference, Dr Solace Asafo, told Joy News that the church did not want the election to be held on any religious day.

Meanwhile, the church is taking additional steps by sending another petition to the Attorney General and pushing for an amendment of the constitutional provisions that restrict the period of organising parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana.

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Source: YEN.com.gh