Word: busia
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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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...
...newly independent citizens of a former African colony, said Professor Busia, Ghanaians have a duty to other Africans seeking self-government. "Let us testify our determination to maintain civil liberty and democracy," he cried. Retorted a government spokesman: "The concern of the leader of the opposition merely betrays his guilty conscience because he was and has been the leader of those who perpetrated atrocities in Ashanti"-the wealthy (cocoa and gold) territory that is the heartland of Nkrumah's opposition. "Let me tell the House this bill is being introduced purposely because of the Ashanti," blurted another government spokesman...