Group Sues To Remove Kotoka From Airport Name
A social activist group, Democracy Hub in collaboration with the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court seeking the removal of Kotoka’s name from Accra International Airport.
The suit avers that the continuous glorification of Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka by way of maintaining his name on the airport goes against Ghana’s democratic tents and rather glorifies coup d’état.
It says the actions forms part of a broader effort to correct historical injustice, challenge the glorification of unconstitutional rule, and reaffirm Ghana’s commitment to democratic governance.
The group argues that the 1992 Constitution of Ghana firmly rejects coups d’état, making it a duty of every citizen to defend democracy against military interventions.
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