In this article, I present equal citizenship as a fundamental principle animating the 1992 Constitution. I also argue that the principle is under imminent threat and danger. The purpose of the article is to call for a united and sustained effort to protect the principle and to avoid becoming a society of unequal citizens.
I start by defining equal citizenship and describing its constitutional foundations. This is followed by a discussion of areas where equal citizenship is currently under severe attack. Briefly, the areas are: (1) some citizens are banned from holding certain unelected public offices; (2) some citizens are banned from holding certain elected public offices; (3) some citizens’ votes count more than others; (4) some voting laws are not enforced with the sole purpose of disenfranchising some citizens. I conclude with strategies that the citizens under attack must pursue to win this war on equal citizenship.
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of course, some citizens votes count more than others. It’s always been the case, even in the US. I’ve always think that as an African American, my vote never count as much as some other people. As a collective group of people, may be it does to some extent, but as an individual, it doesn’t. But Prof.d you did an excellent work in this study. Great job.
An excellent article. I suspect the author is a lawyer. These are the people we need in the political system in Ghana and other african countries but unfortunately are missing in action.