Accra, Jan 7, GNA – Thirty-two years ago, on January 7th, Ghana made its first and most successful democratic transition—a reset.
With the swearing-in of the newly democratically elected president, Jerry John Rawlings (of blessed memory), our nation was returned to a multiparty democracy; a new Constitution went into effect, and the Fourth Republic of Ghana was officially established.
I refer to it as a reset because, on that day in 1993, we made our fourth attempt at establishing a
democratic system of governance with term limits based on free, fair and transparent elections.
The handover of power on January 7th, 2001, between former President Jerry John Rawlings and the newly elected President John Agyekum Kufuor tested that reset. Our nation passed with flying
colours.
So, today, with my induction as the new President of the Republic of Ghana, history is being made again. It is history worth repeating every four years with each newly elected government.
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