National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has voiced his concerns over what he describes as a decline in Ghana’s democratic credentials and institutional independence.
Criticising recent developments within the judiciary and other state institutions, Mahama lamented Ghana's shift from being a "model of democracy" to what he now terms a "bad model."
Mahama's comments come on the heels of the Supreme Court's dismissal of an application filed by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, which aimed to overturn a ruling preventing him from declaring four parliamentary seats vacant.
The Court’s decision has sparked widespread debate, with some Ghanaians questioning its political neutrality.
Speaking on his tour of the Northern Region, Mahama voiced his dissatisfaction with the judiciary’s perceived lack of independence, stating, "Anywhere I go, the question people ask me is, Ghana, what happened to you? Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana, what happened to you?"
“Everybody looked up to Ghana as a model of democracy. Today, we are a bad model of democracy. Our judiciary is not independent; all our state institutions have been destroyed," Mahama added.