Ghana is seven months away from another crucial election. As usual candidates are sharing their vision and ideas with voters. They are making promises and taking jabs at each other. All this makes for an exciting election season. As has been the case, the election is really a contest between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) […]
Election 2024: Who Will Make A Pledge To Ghana’s Democracy? Read More »
In our political lexicon, it often feels like the label “neutral” is unacceptable. In the lead up to the 2016 election on Facebook, where I am active, it was quite instructive to observe how “neutrals” were treated. No one is “neutral” argued the partisans. To them, the label was nothing but a way to disguise
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Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman has been officially outdoored as John Mahama’s running mate for the 2024 presidential elections. In accepting the nomination on Wednesday April 24th, 2024 she delivered a speech that touched on several important issues as Ghanaians get ready to decide which political party’s candidate gets their nod come December 2024. Key Points
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During her speech last week, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman, NDC running mate for the 2024 election said this “I will share in our collective successes and, share responsibility for our setbacks if any. And, at the time of reckoning, HE John Dramani Mahama, I will not, in the advancement of self-serving ambition, declare to the
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In his State of The Nation Address, President Akufo-Addo made this statement – “In spite of all its shortcomings and difficulties, the people of Ghana have shown admirable commitment to multi-party democracy and have not fallen for the instigations to resort to the violent overthrow of an elected government. The past thirty-two (32) years of
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High Support for Elections, Low Confidence in Election Outcomes One of the fundamental features of electoral democracies is the right to vote. Every citizen as per the rules specified in the constitution gets to vote. Democracies hold regular competitive elections that allow citizens to exercise this right. The right, although constitutionally guaranteed, does not necessarily
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