Ghana has witnessed the conduct of Presidential Debates prior to Presidential Elections since 2000. The IEA held the first ever Presidential Debate in Ghana in 2001. In 2004, the sitting President boycotted the Presidential Debate but the opposition wanted it. In 2016, the sitting President who had participated in the 2012 debate, boycotted the debate, even though the opposition wanted it. Should the relevance of Presidential Debates be interrogated only from the myopic and selfish perspectives of votes?

Source: GhanaWeb August 23, 2020 06:00 UTC