Seventy-five to eighty percent (75-80%) of Ghanaians will vote in elections to choose a president and legislators, but only 5% or less will join a demonstration, no matter how noble or urgent the cause for preserving our democracy and improving our collective and individual economic circumstances.
Voting and protests are both fundamental constitutional rights and civic duties of citizens.
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD)'s Prof.
Henry Kwesi Prempeh is worried about this situation because democracy will work and deliver dividends only if a country has active citizens.