President Akufo-Addo has condemned recent pronouncements indicating a return to the country’s coup days.
There have been discussions on coups in the country lately following what some have described as worsening economic conditions.
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Professor Raymond Atuguba at a public event on Monday, February 28, 2022, indicated the current economic conditions in the country make it very fertile for a coup.
He stated, “We do not want coup in this country but if we do not act quickly we may have one in our hands. There is one thing to do now, prevent coups in Ghana since the climate and the environment, national and immediate international, are conducive for one.”
“We must compel the government to acknowledge the current economic mess, they mostly, and previous governments, to a larger extent.”
However, speaking at the 65th Independence Anniversary Parade held at Cape Coast on Sunday, the President in responding to the coup mongers noted that, his outfit will deploy all available means to safeguard the country and assured Ghanaians of his willingness to preserve the country’s democratic values.
“The great majority of us who are committed to democratic values and institutions will continue to resist the claims of these adventurers and deploy all legitimate means in our democracy to maintain our free, open system of governance which has respect for human rights, the rule of law and the principles of democratic accountability.”
“It is either the absence of faith in the prospect of a democratic alternative to the current government or their impatience to wield executive authority are the factors driving their appetite for the shortcut of military intervention,” he noted.
He added that “whatever be the case, they seem ready to jeopardise the hard-won reputation of our country a beacon of democracy and stability in Africa and indeed, in the world, to gratify their personal ambition, ambitions which show little or no respect for the capacity of the Ghanaian people to change when necessary, their government peacefully through the ballot box, something we have done on three separate occasions in the 29-year life of the fourth republic.”
Source: Newsroom Online
