The co-founder and board chair of Afro-barometer professor Emmanuel Gyimah Boadi has underscore profference of majority of Africa for Democratic leadership over military rulership.
A coup d’état also known as a coup or overthrow, is an illegal seizure of power or removal of a government and its powers by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, military, or a dictator.
Many scholars consider a coup successful when the usurpers seize and hold power for at least seven days.
A 2020 study found that coups tended to lead to increases in state repression, not reductions.
According to a 2020 study, “external reactions to coups play important roles in whether coup leaders move towards authoritarianism or democratic governance.
Some African countries have experience a military takeover being Chad, Mali, Guinea, Sudan and recently Burkina Faso.
But the professor of political science said though the continent is seeing increasing military takeover with democratically elected leaders amending the constitution to stay in power , the people real interest is having their leaders elected in a free and fair manner to serve limited term.
Speaking at an ongoing CDD-GHANA engagement on Governance, Democracy and Human Right in Africa here in Accra, professor Gyimah Boadi said the people have spoken clearly on what they want.
Story by: Teacher Kojo / Ahotoronline.com
