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Builsa South Member of Parliament,\u00a0Clement Apaak, says democracy has been retrogressed under the current government.<\/p>\n
He made this known while reacting to the government\u2019s cancellation of the convention by the New Force on January 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
To him, it\u2019s sad that on Constitution Day, the government trampled on the rights of people who have the freedom of association and speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch misuse of state power by this failed Akufo-Addo\/Bawumia gov\u2019t doesn\u2019t augur well for our democracy and must be condemned. Doesn\u2019t the 1992 constitution guarantee freedom of speech and association? Ironically, today is CONSTITUTION Day. Our democracy has indeed retrogressed under this gov\u2019t,\u201d\u00a0Clement Apaak\u00a0made this known in a post shared via X.<\/p>\n
The Government of Ghana has indicated in a letter that it cancelled the New Force Programme because it had another scheduled programme at the venue.<\/p>\n
The letter said that even though the organizers had paid for and booked the place, the government\u2019s programme was of absolute value and could not wait until after the unveiling of the New Force.<\/p>\n
The government indicated in its letter that a refund of GHC10,000 will be made to the organizers of the event.<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0<\/strong>mynewgh.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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