Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has said Ghana has become a bad model of democracy, criticising the judiciary’s independence and the weakening of state institutions.
This follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision to dismiss an application filed by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin.
Speaker Bagbin’s application sought to overturn an earlier ruling that prevented him from declaring four parliamentary seats vacant.
The Supreme Court’s ruling, delivered on Wednesday, October 30, upheld its prior decision, effectively blocking Speaker Bagbin from proceeding with his declaration and maintaining the current occupancy of the seats in question.
The Apex Court’s ruling has generated a lot of mixed reactions, with a section of the public describing it as politically motivated.
Commenting on the issue, during his second day of his tour of the Northern Region, John Mahama, who disagreed with the Supreme Court’s ruling, expressed concern over the weakening of the judiciary and other state institutions.
“Anywhere I go, the question people ask me is, Ghana, what happened to you? Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana, what happened to you? Everybody looked up to Ghana as a model of democracy. Today, we are a bad model of democracy. Our judiciary is not independent; all our state institutions have been destroyed,” Mahama stated.
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