President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has no power to pull the plug and halt the upcoming December 17, 2019 referendum, the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu has said.

According to him, once the President has started the process for the referendum which is to decide on whether or not political parties should be allowed to sponsor candidates in local level elections, he must go through it for the people to decide.

He said as provided in Article 290 of the 1992 Constitution, "once the President has triggered the process, he is obliged and mandated by law to go the full course like a medical dosage," Mr Iddrisu said in a radio interview with Accra based Joy FM on Tuesday.