Ghana

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation has been an advocate for the liberal democratic transformation process in Ghana since 1992 with its generally acclaimed liberal constitution. The constitution clearly spells out the demand to respect human rights and rule of law. Indeed, FNF activities in Ghana have basically been focused on a coherent liberal political approach including the promotion of liberal democracy; market economy; and rule of law. This has necessitated, among others, the identification and training of experienced and future leaders on liberal values and principles.

Furthermore, FNF continuously supports civil society intervention in monitoring and observing towards free and fair elections in Ghana. Hence, political debates and training of election observers and election monitoring have been part of the programme. The Foundation will certainly be up and doing in this 2008 year of elections which promises a hectic but interesting electioneering campaign both for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) party and the opposition parties. The four main opposition parties so far active are the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its breakaway Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) as well as the Convention People’s Party (CPP), and its apparent affiliate People’s National Convention (PNC). Other minor opposition parties such as the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) and the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) cannot be totally written off as they will be needed in the case of a run-off at the December 2008 elections.

Ghana on Wikipedia
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