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“Free and fair elections can give us a government of the people; but only an active, informed and vigilant citizenry can give us a government by the people for the people.”
H.K. Prempeh
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“Democracy is a learned behaviour; it is not some natural or genetic trait that is bestowed on some peoples and denied others by divine predestination.” - H. Kwasi Prempeh
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“Democracy is never a finished task; it is always a work-in-progress that can progress, stagnate or regress depending on the actions and omissions of the governed and the government.” - E. Gyimah Boadi
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“Democracy does not necessarily bring good governance. But neither is good governance possible without democracy.” - E. Gyimah Boadi
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“To say that the poor and the hungry have no need for democracy is to say that only the rich are deserving of liberty and freedom; and that, indeed, is as cruel as it is false.”
- Baffour Agyeman Duah
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Being democratic is not something that is optional or simply convenient for political parties. Rather, the requirement that parties adhere to “democratic principles” is a constitutional imperative that is binding on all political parties by the terms of A
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Democracy in the economic and political spheres is not just a theoretical good; checks and balances and laws that are fairly enforced have the effect of preventing the arrogance and error of absolute power.
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When the comfort of incumbency causes a political party to forget or retreat from its founding democratic principles, it risks creating an embittered or demoralized electorate
~ E. Gyimah-Boadi
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The true value of the media lies not only in their ability to inform the public and make government more accountable, but also on the facilitation of larger public conversation about how citizens want to be governed.
~Audrey Gadzekpo
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One man or one institution operating in an environment of intimidating power, is more prone to error than a panoply of men and institutions operating in an open system.
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Disenfranchising citizens on the grounds that they are not resident taxpayers is simply untenable in a democracy. In a democracy, the right to vote is granted to citizens not taxpayers.
~H. Kwasi Prempeh
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In a democracy, it is not the responsibility of the media, even the state media, to shield government from embarrassment. Indeed, it is useful for government to be embarrassed from time to time in order to be kept on its toes.
~Audrey Gadzekpo
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“Media pluralism alone may not guarantee democratic rights. However, democratic participation is impossible in the absence of media plurality”
Audrey Gadzekpo
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“Free and fair elections can give us a government of the people; but only an active, informed and vigilant citizenry can give us a government by the people for the people.”
H.K. Prempeh
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“A disciplined society is one in which, the rule of law is more than a mere slogan.”
E. Gyimah-Boadi
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