The People's Independent Movement (PIM), a pressure group, has said the two-party system of governance which is being foisted on the people cannot stand the test of time.

In a statement signed by Nana Addo-Aikins, a legal practitioner and Spokesperson for the PIM and issued in Koforidua, the movement said since political systems emerged or evolved out of concrete conditions on the ground, not by a mechanical transplant, the unrestrained involvement of all forces, including political independents, in national politics on an even playing field was the only viable option.

It urged all political and social forces which were in a haste to introduce a two-party system into national politics to hasten slowly to allow Ghana's politics to develop and evolve from what obtained on the ground.

"This will allow for the creation of a more lasting and workable system of democratic governance for Ghana's true and lasting development," it said.

The statement welcomed the reconvened Parliament and enjoined it to see the need to eschew all tendencies that divided and polarised the nation and its people, to the detriment of national development.

"Ghana now needs a convergence of ideals and ample individual freedom in decision-making in Parliament to advance the cause of the nation.

"PIM calls on the Executive to relax its hold on Parliament to make extreme partisanship and excessive use of the party whip in parliamentary work a thing of the past, since they stifle democratic practice and work against the national interest," it noted.

The statement said independent Members of Parliament (MPs) and party-related MPs with independent thought and action must also be offered identity and presence in Parliament by addressing them properly in the house and making separate seating arrangements for them. — GNA