Convenors of the #FixTheCountry protests are scheduled to appear before an Accra High Court on Friday, June 4, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the day for the hearing after the Ghana Police Service secured an ex parte injunction against a massive demonstration slated for May 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group is expected to make their case as to why the courts must allow for the protest to take place despite the reasons advanced by the police, per the May 6 court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demonstration \u2013 spearheaded by the youth, is meant to amplify sentiments such as the rising unemployment rate, inefficient health systems, the skyrocketing cost of rent, poor road networks among others, which the youth say are hurting their standard of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Service had claimed that the intended event flies in the face of Covid-19 restrictions as far as public gatherings are concerned.https:\/\/b8befc0d625cc1e30e7133909814c264.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-38\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the day, the police beefed up security at the Black Star Square but the protestors took their demonstration onto Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a press release on June 3, the group is calling on sympathisers to embark on a march to the Criminal Division of the High Court a sign of solidarity with the plight of the Ghanaian youth on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe intend to meet up and walk together from the Trade Union Congress Building at 9 am towards the High Court,\u201d the group announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Describing recent actions against the movement as \u2018state sponsored barrage of\u00a0roadblocks\u00a0and public gagging,\u2019 the protestors say they \u201chave been resolute to follow through on these\u00a0court hearings\u00a0because we seek\u00a0accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAccountability is the first step towards justice\u2014and the\u00a0cause of justice is in our hands as citizens of this state. We need to guard it jealously at every turn, so we demand\u00a0of all the youth of Ghana to never give up the hope that we can make enduring change. That the work of our generation should be to\u00a0put an end to the vestiges of 8-year cycle regimes and the decades of trauma and hopelessness of this rotten system. We can end it. It doesn\u2019t have to be with us. We can decide now to have true liberty and justice for all,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source<\/strong>:\u00a0MyJoyOnline.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send your news stories to\u00a0dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n