{"id":47963,"date":"2014-09-16T05:38:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T05:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47963"},"modified":"2014-09-16T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:29:30","slug":"restrict-political-campaigns-to-3-months-gba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/restrict-political-campaigns-to-3-months-gba\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrict political campaigns to 3 months \u2013 GBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says prolonged political campaigning in Ghana is negatively affecting the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>The GBA said the long years of campaigning for political power creates tension and do not augur well for progress.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the GBA\u2019s Annual General Meeting in Cape Coast, President of the Association, Nene Amegatcher says political campaigning should be relegated to the background till three months to elections.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;gqfE3XLUea5tGnHccPfLgKUpdD3Ut3Ov&#8221;]\u201cWe must find a means to curtail\u00a0political campaigns possibly to the last three months before elections\u201d the GBA President said at the Association\u2019s annual meeting in Cape Coast Monday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201c&#8221;politics has been made so attractive in this country that the technocrats seeing the benefits derived by their political superiors have been struggling to be like them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The GBA President also charged the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that recommendation from the 9 eminent justices who presided over the election petition in 2012 should implemented to avoid possible chaos in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>By: Sammy Wiafe\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says prolonged political campaigning in Ghana is negatively affecting the country\u2019s development. 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