Former Ghanaian Presidents, JJ Rawlings and J. A Kufuor can still contest to become Presidents of the country again despite serving their full terms, a governance expert Dr Eric Oduro Osae has said.

His comment comes on the wake of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako's attempt to stop Former President Mahama who has served only one term as a President of Ghana from seeking another term in office.

According to Chairman Wontumi as he is popularly ex president Mahama, is not qualified to seek re re-election in the country because he continued the tenure of the late Atta Mills and served a full term as president.

Mr Mahama, who was vice-president to late President John Mills, ascended to the presidency in 2012 following his boss’ death.

He was elected to serve a full-term as president in the December 2012 election.

In reaction, Dr Osae who is also the Dean of Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), states that Mr Mahama only continued and finished the term of the late Atta Mills when he passed away and that cannot be considered as Mr Mahama’s first term in office.

Speaking on Burning Issues on Accra-based Adom FM, Dr Osae explained that Mr Mahama can seek re-election and even run for two other terms because there has been a break in his presidency.

He noted that even former presidents Rawlings and Kufuor are eligible to contest again if they wish, because there has been a break since they left office which renders their first two terms in office obsolete.

“If today we vote and Mr Mahama wins and he becomes president, he can spend his four years and even seek re-election because there was a break in his term.

“It is not in the Constitution that after serving two terms, you cannot contest again. People have been calling for interpretation from the Supreme Court if former presidents Kufuor and Rawlings can come back to contest because the Constitution says you cannot go for more than two terms but it does not say a President who has served his two terms of office cannot contest in any future date”, he stated.