Opposition demo flops...With only 1,500 protestors

The Ghana Palaver in a contrary view about yesterday demonstration by five Opposition political parties, says that the over-hyped and stage- managed media blitz of an expected big Opposition demonstration, turned out to be a fiasco as Ghanaians in their good judgement, shunned the much- touted event.

The paper says that contrary to the belief that the NDC was going to disrupt the demonstration, members of the party exhibited a high sense of maturity and respect for the Constitution and the rule of law, by allowing the event to go without interference.

According to the Palaver, only pockets of opposition faithfulls were seen on the streets dancing to brass band music. The paper says the turn out was so poor that a foreign correspondent, who was around to cover the event, had to attribute the low turn out to intensive and extensive NDC propaganda.

"In fact, our scout said at certain stages of the demonstration the policemen escorting the marchers appeared to outnumber the real actors", says the Palaver.

The paper says some by-standers its scouts spoke to maintained that the Opposition had no case and that if they wanted power they should go to the grassroots to convince the electorate instead of dissipating their energies on frivolous matters in Accra.