LOSING OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES BY VIRTUE OF POLITICAL POLARISATION IN GHANA
When a West African country that embodies democracy is mentioned anywhere, it is often Ghana that comes to mind. Since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1992, Ghana has gradually solidified its status as a beacon of democratic principles and its application to nation...
REPORT SECOND HIGH LEVEL MEETING (HLM 2) OF NATIONAL LEADERS (ACCRA PEACE ACCORD)
The historic Kumasi High Level Meeting (HLM 1) of November 2012 delivered the Declaration against Electoral Violence, Impunity and Injustice, which the media subsequently re-named the Kumasi Peace Pact. With only a few days to the 7th December 2016 elections the ne...
DE-MONETIZING ELECTORAL POLITICS, STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE: WHICH WAY FORWARD FOR GHANA?
Since the 2004 general elections, Ghana has experienced a rise in monetization of electoral politics. In a 2017 survey, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) found that it cost approximately US$87, 000 or about GHC 500,000 to get elected to Parliament (Asante a...
THE FORMULATION AND RELEVANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES’ MANIFESTOS IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF NPP AND NDC
Manifestos are documents that outline the policies and programs a political party intends to pursue if elected into office. They can be used to depict proposals that a party is advocating for or portrays a party’s stand on a particular issue. As postulated by Bara (20...
DE-MONETIZING ELECTORAL POLITICS, STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE: WHICH WAY FORWARD FOR GHANA?
Introduction Ghana’s democracy is touted as a leading example in Africa. Since the inception of the Fourth Republic, the country has successfully organized seven presidential and parliamentary elections and alternated power between the two major political parties wit...
TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR POLITICAL PARTIES ON THE USAGE OF THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC SPACE FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS
Ghana’s eighth presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in December 2020. Under the current COVID-19 conditions, campaigning through large political rallies cannot take place.Political parties and election candidates will now rely extensive...