{"id":219526,"date":"2024-09-21T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/watch-democracy-hub-protesters-play-football-after-failed-attempts-to-march-to-presidency\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T16:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:20:56","slug":"watch-democracy-hub-protesters-play-football-after-failed-attempts-to-march-to-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/watch-democracy-hub-protesters-play-football-after-failed-attempts-to-march-to-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Democracy Hub Protesters play football after failed attempts to march to presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In an unexpected turn of events, protesters from the Democracy Hub, who had gathered to march towards the presidency, resorted to playing football at the 37 Military Hospital roundabout after hours of unsuccessful negotiations with the police.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators, who have been advocating for various reforms, were met with a heavy police presence at the roundabout, blocking their path.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several hours of peaceful attempts to persuade the security forces to allow them to continue their march, the police stood firm, denying them access to the intended route.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the full video below<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democracy Hub protesters began playing football at the 37 Roundabout after spending several hours unsuccessfully trying to convince the police to allow them to march to the presidency. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitiNewsroom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CitiNewsroom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopGalamseyNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StopGalamseyNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandAgainstGalamsey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IStandAgainstGalamsey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aUTzVYQa8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aUTzVYQa8M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CITI FM 97.3 (@Citi973) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Citi973\/status\/1837500869866090931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unexpected turn of events, protesters from the Democracy Hub, who had gathered to march towards the presidency, resorted to playing football at the 37 Military Hospital roundabout after hours of unsuccessful negotiations with the police. 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