GHANA- Friday, August 7, 2020/–Former President, John Dramani Mahama, in an article titled “Tragedies of the Akuffo-Addo Government”, claims the President Akuffo-Addo has moved Ghana’s democracy 28 years back.
According to the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), independent state institutions are being oppressed by the Akuffo-Addo government from performing their constitutionally mandated responsibilities.
“This particular tragedy is in the destruction and politicization of our institutions. A judiciary that lacks impartiality, an oppressed Parliament, a pliant Electoral Commission, an Auditor General hounded out of office, a misused military, anti-corruption institutions in bondage, an intimidating media, and a terrifying moral society.”
“These constitute the tragedy of the four years of Akufo-Addo’s administration. He has set our democracy back twenty-eight (28) years. This is what makes it a patriotic duty for all patriotic Ghanaians to join hands to rescue our nation,” Mr Mahama claimed.
Mr Mahama has promised to restore the independence of all state institutions if voted as President in the 2020 presidential polls.
“I, John Dramani Mahama, will restore dignity and independence to our state institutions. I will depoliticize our democratic institutions and make them work effectively and independently for all Ghanaians.”
Earlier, John Mahama had insisted that President Akufo-Addo is desperate to cling on to power, and is using numerous machinations to make his vision come true.
He insists that actions of this kind, including the closure of some radio stations, depict President Akufo-Addo as a dictator, bent on trampling the democracy of Ghana.
“Ghana is a nation for all of us regardless of your ethnicity or your party affiliation. Sadly, the Akufo-Addo administration is trampling on our democracy with dictatorship. A lot of the things that are happening, the closure of radio stations, the harassment of journalists and just during this registration exercise, the alienation of people and questioning their citizenship, the use of the military to prevent people from registering, all shows a government that is determined to do everything to hang on to power.”
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