The mark of a democrat: Why Dr Bawumia is right to defend free speech over persecution and prosecution

In a volatile political climate often defined by animosity, insults and retaliation, former Vice-President and NPP Flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has remarkably taken a different path.

Yesterday, Dr Bawumia publicly called for the discontinuation of a prosecution initiated in his name against an NDC organiser in Agona West who had publicly insulted the former Vice-President. In his statement distancing himself from the prosecution, Dr Bawumia made it clear that he neither lodged a complaint nor supported the arrest of any Ghanaian over speech. ...