Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo, has dismissed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) planned nationwide demonstration, insisting that Ghana’s democracy remains strong and is not under any threat.
In a statement shared ahead of the opposition party’s scheduled protest on Thursday, August 6, 2026, Professor Gyampo described attempts to portray the country’s democratic system as being under siege as misleading and politically motivated.
“Ghana’s democracy is thriving and not under siege. Any attempt at busing people to walk, under the guise of demonstration to trumpet it as being under attack, is a useless face-saving tactic by leaders who currently face legitimacy deficit in their party,” he wrote.
His remarks come as the NPP prepares to stage what it has dubbed the “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration, aimed at protesting what the party claims are growing threats to democratic governance, judicial independence and the rule of law.
The demonstration, which has received approval from the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, is expected to commence at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday from the Supreme Court. Protesters will march through the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Jubilee House and Parliament, where petitions are expected to be presented.
The protest follows the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, overturning her earlier conviction and 10-year prison sentence imposed by the High Court.
Speaking to journalists after securing police approval for the demonstration, the NPP’s National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, said the protest seeks to draw national attention to what the party describes as selective justice, interference with the judiciary, suppression of free speech and the gradual erosion of democratic governance.
According to him, the demonstration is intended to defend Ghana’s constitutional democracy and demand greater accountability from state institutions.
Professor Gyampo, however, rejected the NPP’s characterisation of the country’s democratic environment, arguing that the planned protest is merely an attempt by party leaders to divert attention from internal challenges.
His comments add to the growing public debate surrounding the opposition party’s planned demonstration, which is expected to attract party supporters and other sympathisers from across the country.
The protest is likely to intensify political discourse over the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case and broader concerns about governance, accountability and the administration of justice in the country.
By 1960news.com
