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Akufo-Addo Gov’t has politicised Ghana’s judiciary, military and EC – Mahama

Ex-President John Dramani Mahama says it is “tragic” that the Akufo-Addo administration has politicised institutions in the country.

John Mahama accuses Akufo-Addo of politicising Ghana’s judiciary, military

According to him, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has succeeded in politicising the judiciary and the Electoral Commission (EC).

He accused the government of also misusing the military and intimidating journalists in the country.

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer made these claims in a post shared on Facebook on Friday.

“This particular tragedy is in the destruction and politicization of our institutions. A judiciary that lacks impartiality, an oppressed Parliament, a pliant Electoral Commission, an Auditor General hounded out of office, a misused military, anticorruption institutions in bondage, an intimidated media, and a terrified moral society,” Mahama wrote.

“These constitute the tragedy of the four years of Akufo-Addo’s administration.

“He has set our democracy back twenty-eight (28) years. This is what makes it a patriotic duty for all patriotic Ghanaians to join hands to rescue our nation,” he added.

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Read Mahama full Facebook post below:

The tragedy of the Akufo-Addo administration is not only the colossal debt it has saddled Ghanaians with. It is not only the huge fiscal deficit he has created even before #COVID19.

It is not only the hundreds of projects he has abandoned causing taxpayers money to go waste.

It is not only his poor infrastructure record.

This particular tragedy is in the destruction and politicization of our institutions. A judiciary that lacks impartiality, an oppressed Parliament, a pliant Electoral Commission, an Auditor General hounded out of office, a misused military, anticorruption institutions in bondage, an intimidated media, and a terrified moral society.

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These constitute the tragedy of the four years of Akufo-Addo’s administration.

He has set our democracy back twenty-eight (28) years. This is what makes it a patriotic duty for all patriotic Ghanaians to join hands to rescue our nation.

I, John Dramani Mahama, will restore dignity and independence to our state institutions. I will depoliticize our democratic institutions and make them work effectively and independently for all Ghanaians.

Ghanaians will respect the judiciary once again. Justice will be impartial and Ghanaians will be able to express themselves freely, once more, without fear of harassment or death.

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