Word: busia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Is An Emergency? Opposition Leader K. A. Busia, who took two years' leave from his job as sociology professor at Ghana's University College to help his nation find its political legs, pointed out a prime weakness in the argument: there is no emergency...
...Argued Busia in level tones: "What the original British bill says is this: 'We shall seek suspension of laws to ride roughshod over fundamental rights only if the entire nation is imperiled by war.' What the Ghana government is now saying is, 'No, no, we want you to give us powers to exercise absolute authority, even if only a local area is affected...