Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, has rubbished calls for a Union Government to be established after the Supreme Court ruling.
According to him, it would be a �direct subversion of the 1992 constitution� for the nation to experience an all-inclusive government because �the Union Government idea was resisted by mass movements including the Trades Union Congress�the Ghana Bar Association, Professional Bodies Association and so on� during the historical days of the country.
Addressing his concern on Radio Gold�s �Alhaji Alhaji�, Mr. Pratt described as �bogus� the idea for a Union government and therefore was of a strong view that Ghanaians should be given the opportunity to exercise their rights, thus, tolerate one another�s differences.
The tolerance of differences of each person and the promotion of competition in the political spotlight, he said, was the principal reason why Ghanaians opted for a multi-party democratic system.
The multi-party system �will open up the political space and allow ideas to compete freely�, so if the element of competition and difference of opinion be scrapped, �multi-party democracy collapses.�
He believed an all-inclusive government as pontificated by some political leaders in the country will not augur well for the nation�s democracy.
�What kind of tension do we have in Ghana necessitating measures which will more or less amount to the declaration of a State of Emergency?� he questioned.
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