{"id":108049,"date":"2025-12-22T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=108049"},"modified":"2025-12-22T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:03:34","slug":"minority-flags-election-petitions-youth-unemployment-and-third-term-agenda-as-democratic-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=108049","title":{"rendered":"Minority flags election petitions, youth unemployment and third-term agenda as democratic threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minority Caucus has cautioned that Ghana\u2019s democracy faces serious threats arising from the weaponisation of election petitions, rising youth unemployment and persistent third-term agenda concerns.<\/p>\n

These issues were highlighted in a press statement signed by the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, following a leadership meeting with President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, December 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the Caucus condemned what it described as open boasting by officials of the governing party about using court processes to overturn parliamentary victories in targeted constituencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis transforms election petitions from instruments of justice into tools for seat acquisition,\u201d the Minority said.<\/p>\n

The statement also raised concerns about what it termed systematic harassment of the Minority Caucus, including attempts to remove the Minority Leader from the ECOWAS Parliament and his referral to the Privileges Committee for attending to official duties.<\/p>\n

On youth unemployment, the Minority warned that the presence of about 1.3 million young people outside education, employment or training constitutes a national security threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis level of idleness and disillusionment drives crime, radicalisation and political instability,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n

The Caucus further urged President Mahama to publicly and unequivocally denounce any attempt to amend the Constitution to allow a third presidential term, stressing that \u201chis legacy hinges on upholding, not weakening, Ghana\u2019s democratic norms\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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