{"id":314975,"date":"2017-04-29T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=314975"},"modified":"2017-04-29T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T14:44:15","slug":"protocol-gaffe-ghana-flag-turned-upside-down-during-barrows-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/protocol-gaffe-ghana-flag-turned-upside-down-during-barrows-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Protocol gaffe: Ghana flag turned upside down during Barrow&#8217;s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was an apparent gaffe at the Flagstaff House on Friday, April 28, 2017, when the\u00a0President Nana Akufo-Addo sat for a photo op with the visiting President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow after bilateral talks.<\/p>\n<p>The Pan-African red,\u00a0gold and green Ghana flag, was pictured turned upside down, in what appears to be an oversight\u00a0on the part of the protocol office. The Gambia&#8217;s national flag was however represented correctly with its traditional red, blue and green, separated by white stripes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18118964_10155267001669836_617053820841280072_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-314978\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18118964_10155267001669836_617053820841280072_n.jpg\" alt=\"18118964_10155267001669836_617053820841280072_n\" width=\"632\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18119004_10155267000464836_5729316821640571468_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-314982\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18119004_10155267000464836_5729316821640571468_n.jpg\" alt=\"18119004_10155267000464836_5729316821640571468_n\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a Foreign Affairs Minister under the John Mahama government, Hanna Tetteh, pointed out this oversight on Twitter, and attributed it the possible distraction of the\u00a0protocol office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Flag-upside-down.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-314977\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Flag-upside-down.jpg\" alt=\"flag-upside-down\" width=\"630\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t known to be a common occurrence in Ghana, but in\u00a02015, when Charlotte Osei was sworn in as the Electoral Commission Chairperson, she was pictured with the Ghana flag colors upside down, and some onlookers on social media took note.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/11267052_900205660041044_7566279921049179678_o-e1493476251577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314993\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/11267052_900205660041044_7566279921049179678_o-e1493476251577.jpg\" alt=\"11267052_900205660041044_7566279921049179678_o\" width=\"631\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Social-media.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314995\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Social-media.jpg\" alt=\"social-media\" width=\"676\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Capture-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314994\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Capture-2.jpg\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"605\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hanging a flag upside down in the United States is known to be an officially recognized signal of distress.<\/p>\n<p>However, in places like Hong Kong, it is considered an act of desecration with activist, Cheng Chung-tai, notably arrested and charged with desecrating the national and SAR flags in 2016, after he turned several small flags upside down as an act of protest against China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/b946b9c6-1dc9-11e7-ba38-4217a96bb749_1280x720_205006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-314991\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/b946b9c6-1dc9-11e7-ba38-4217a96bb749_1280x720_205006.jpg\" alt=\"b946b9c6-1dc9-11e7-ba38-4217a96bb749_1280x720_205006\" width=\"767\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314983\" style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/venezuela7593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314983\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/venezuela7593.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators hold a Venezuelan flag upside down\" width=\"759\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators hold a Venezuelan flag upside down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, it is common to see protesters resort to turning flags upside down to voice their displeasure with a particular situation.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently this April, demonstrators\u00a0in Venezuela have paraded their national flag upside down in protests against the government of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was an apparent gaffe at the Flagstaff House on Friday, April 28, 2017, when the\u00a0President Nana Akufo-Addo sat for a photo op with the visiting President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow after bilateral talks. 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