March 11, 2013 
Nana Akufo-Addo
‘ Mo mma yen mbo n’ aba so !’
Intro: – My name is Kwasi Agyeman Busia
Members of the media, invited guests we are grateful to see you all here covering this event. I consider it a great honour and a privilege to be addressing this press conference. I come to this press event today first as a citizen of this country and secondly as one deeply interested in our democratic growth as a people. The very fact that I have an opportunity to be addressing the media today, unknown to national politics but nonetheless a concerned citizen should speak volumes for our democratic growth. I, not unlike others have spent the last several years observing and contributing in varied ways from afar the course and growth of our democracy. In the last few months I have had the opportunity to be here at home in Ghana to participate in the 2012 elections and now like many of you a concerned citizen keenly interested in the unfolding story of what really transpired in the 2012 elections. With all the focus on the Supreme Court and the discussions and debates (not to mention the spin machines at optimal speed), it is not uncommon to lose sight of the commendable work done in the area of ensuring peace and protecting our democracy by some of the key players in this test of our electoral process and to a great extent the ‘fibre’ test of our constitution. I’m in full agreement with a statement that says a time comes ‘when silence is betrayal…’ For me that time has come in relation to the issue of electoral irregularities (as a backdrop in the 2012 presidential elections) and my knowledge of Nana Akufo- Addo‘s record on peaceful and democratic means in resolving conflict. Read more…
