Active electioneering campaigns should be restricted to the last three months to a general election, the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has suggested.
The Association at its 2014/2015 Annual Conference held in Cape Coast raised concerns over “prolonged seasons of active electioneering campaigns”.
According to GBA, such phenomenon risks undermining good governance in the country.
“[GBA, therefore,] calls on all Ghanaians to find a means to curtail [electioneering campaigns] to the last three months before general elections,” GBA proposed in its resolution after the Conference.
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION PASSED AT ITS 2014/2015
ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD IN CAPE COAST
15TH TO 19TH SEPTEMBER 2014
WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION, ASSEMBLED IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast in the Central Region, SALUTE the Government and people of Ghana, especially, the chiefs and people of the Central Region, our hosts.
ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of state institutions in national development;
RECOGNISING the important role of regulatory bodies in ensuring effective realisation of the mandate of state institutions;
AFFIRMING the role of the Legal Profession in the establishment of effective and efficient regulatory bodies as a basic condition for the development of strong Regulatory Bodies to insulate state institutions from interference;
ASSERTING the vital role the legal profession plays in the proper administration of justice, resolving incidences of interference and strengthening the growth of state institutions in our country;
RECOGNISING that the independence of state institutions could engender resourcefulness of officials and complement government effort in the promotion of the general well being of the citizenry for an effective provision of amenities and services;
CONCERNED about the growing incidence of inaction on the part of some government officials and with such officials blaming same on government interference in the execution of projects and programmes across the entire spectrum of the country;
CONSIDERING the role of the Legal profession in championing the rule of law, justice and international relations;
HEREBY RESOLVE AND DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:
MATTERS AFFECTING THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Source: GhanaWeb
