[ 2016-12-02 ]

Let's secure Ghana’s prosperity - CJ
The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, has
charged stakeholders in the forthcoming December 7
polls to be peaceful and express the desire to
secure for the people of Ghana “the blessings of
liberty, equality of opportunity and
prosperity.”

She also asked the seven candidates contesting
next week’s presidential race to grow the ethos
of public spiritedness and the longing to make
Ghana the winner as solemnly expressed in the
preamble of the 1992 constitution.

Speaking on Thursday at an event to sign the Peace
Accord that will guide the conducts of the
candidates racing for the Flagstaff House, Mrs.
Wood said none of them can genuinely claim to
desire the public good when he or she beats the
drums of war in pursuit of leadership.

“Ours is a country that has led Africa in
political stability and democratic governance. Yet
in all honesty to ourselves, whenever we repeat
the cycle of elections our people suffer pain,
division, brother against brother, ethnic
polarization and ethnocentrism, threat of violence
and near national disintegration. In short,
elections have become moments of panic, fear,
anguish and anxiety.

“So, what was deemed and designed to be a sober
and purposeful reflection to give us hope, peace
and prosperity is quickly becoming a nightmarish
experience. It is a sad development for citizens
to come to expect the worst from their aspiring
political leaders, especially during elections,”
she stated.

According to her, elections in Ghana have become
worrisome prospects whose pendency undermines
confidence in politics and economy.

“Friends, this should not be,” averred Mrs.
Wood as “our country and its people have shown
resilience in the face of many adversities and
their resolve for a hopeful future should not be
dashed by unchecked impunity.”

She thus urged the contestants to turn their
anger, heat and energy against the forces of
ignorance, poverty, and disease including child
malnutrition of the 21st century among the host of
challenges that confront the country.

Source - Starrfm

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