The New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) has referred to as on the worldwide diplomatic neighborhood, growth companions and international human rights organizations to pay elevated consideration to what it says are new challenges to democratic governance and civil liberties in Ghana.
In a petition dated Tuesday, Could 19, the social gathering stated Ghana’s democracy has traditionally benefited from the vigilance and principled engagement of the worldwide neighborhood, and referred to as for continued engagement to uphold democratic requirements.
“The NPP due to this fact respectfully calls on the diplomatic neighborhood, growth companions, worldwide human rights organizations and defenders of democratic governance to carefully monitor the deteriorating scenario of human rights and democratic governance in Ghana,” the petition states.
The social gathering additional referred to as on worldwide stakeholders to publicly reaffirm the significance of freedom of expression, judicial independence, due course of and political pluralism in Ghana’s constitutional democracy.
It additionally referred to as for engagement with the federal government relating to what it stated was “an growing misuse of legal prosecution towards political speech and dissenting opinions of opposition events.”
The NPP referred to as for an finish to what it referred to as “politically motivated arrests, prosecutions, arbitrary detentions and intimidation of opposition forces, journalists and activists.”
The social gathering additionally referred to as on state establishments, particularly the judiciary and safety companies, to function strictly inside the constitutional limits and free from partisan affect.
He additionally referred to as on the diplomatic neighborhood to assist efforts geared toward strengthening democratic accountability, defending civil liberties and upholding the rule of legislation in Ghana.
