{"id":93718,"date":"2025-09-12T06:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93718"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T06:10:30","slug":"uk-international-minister-praises-ghana-for-33-years-uninterrupted-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93718","title":{"rendered":"UK International Minister praises Ghana for 33 years uninterrupted democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK\u2019s Minister for International Development, Baroness Jennifer Chapman, has praised Ghana for safeguarding its parliamentary and national democracy for 33 years without interruption.<\/p>\n

She gave the commendation when she paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, and a number of Civil Society Organisations in Parliament on Thursday, September 11, 2025.<\/p>\n

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The meeting created an opportunity for both parties to share experiences and explore ways to strengthen parliamentary democracies in their respective countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver here in Ghana, you have open-based, successful elections, you have peaceful transfers to government. These things ought not to be taken for granted,\u201d Baroness Chapman said.<\/p>\n

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She lauded Ghana\u2019s efforts at building a strong legislature. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe work that you have done over the years to build a strong parliament is something that we admire and we commend because no parliament stands still. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe [in the UK] are changing and adapting all the time as well in response to social media and young people\u2019s desire to be more engaged. <\/p>\n

\u201cEach new election brings new MPs who want different things. Things are changing over time. But we have a tradition that keeps us grounded.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, also commended Speaker Bagbin\u2019s leadership for holding Ghana\u2019s parliament together during the era of the 8th hung parliament. <\/p>\n

He noted that Bagbin\u2019s experience and guidance were crucial at a time when both the Majority and Minority had 137 MPs each, with one independent deciding to do business with the governing NPP.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMr. Speaker has often said that we have some political disagreements, and that is rightfully so because we can\u2019t always agree. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I want the records to reflect that he has set such a high standard in parliament, and it will be difficult for anybody to meet in many years,\u201d Afenyo-Markin stated.<\/p>\n

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On his part, Speaker Bagbin emphasised the benefits of the UK-Ghana parliamentary relationship. <\/p>\n

He recalled the UK Parliament\u2019s support in expanding the work of Ghana\u2019s Public Accounts Committee in 2007 and assisting in drafting new standing orders that created additional committees and diversified leadership.<\/p>\n

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He assured that the two parliaments would continue to deepen their cooperation and contribute to the growth of democratic governance in both countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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