The New Social Justice Forum has staged a demonstration and filed petitions at both the Supreme Court and Accra High Court, urging them to investigate the harmful impact of Ghana’s delegate system and vote-buying culture on democracy and future generations.

In the petition, the Forum argued that recent events, including those witnessed in Ayawaso East in 2026, have exposed a system where political leadership is “increasingly sold to the highest bidder, not entrusted to the most deserving.”

“Politicians think about the next election, while statesmen and stateswomen think about the next generation,” the petition stated. “When this happens, competence bows to currency, and integrity is priced out of politics.”

Yahaya Alhassan president of the New Social Justice Forum indicated that the current delegate system silences women, youth, and qualified Ghanaians who lack financial muscle, because success now depends heavily on influencing a limited number of delegates with cash, fridges, motorbikes, bags of rice, televisions, and mobile phones.

He urged the Supreme Court to use its constitutional mandate to safeguard democracy so that “every qualified Ghanaian, regardless of means, may stand for leadership on the strength of their character and competencies alone.”

Receiving the petition on behalf of the Chief Justice, Dr. Cyracus B. Bapuuroh, Deputy Judicial Secretary, thanked the demonstrators for their peaceful conduct.

He noted that while demonstrations at the Supreme Court premises are not always peaceful, members of the New Social Justice Forum conducted themselves in an orderly manner.

Dr. Bapuuroh assured them that he had received the petition on behalf of the Chief Justice of Ghana and would transmit it to the appropriate authority. He also assured them that they would receive the necessary feedback on their petition.

Report by Bernard K Dadzie Greater Accra Region