A Professor of Politics at the London Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom (UK), Professor Jeffrey Haynes, has underscored the need for Ghana to safeguard elements such as freedom of speech and rule of law that make its democracy liberal.
He explained that although Ghana had overseen peaceful elections since it became a republic, recent reports and performance rankings by international observers showed that the elements of the country's liberal democracy was in a decline. • Professor Haynes addressing the gathering Photo: Victor A.
Buxton According to him, it was important for Ghana as a country to find ways of protecting these elements that were in a decline before it became a trend.
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