Truth&Reconciliation Should Apply To All Previous Govts. - Poll

As the parliament begins debate this week on the National Reconciliation Bill, a poll conducted on the internet shows that majority of Ghanaians want all previous governments to be included in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's investigation into injustices committed by past Govt.

According to the Ghanaweb.com poll, conducted July 5-22, 2001, 42% of Ghanaians want the time frame of the comission to cover all previous govt., while 32% prefer it to cover only the Rawlings era. 8% want the commission to limit itself to only military rule under Rawlings. 7% want only military Govt. to face the probe, while 4% want only post-Nkrumah regimes to be investigated

NOTE: The poll is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of Internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. The Vote sponsor is not responsible for poll content, functionality or the opinions expressed therein.

Some Comments from ghanaweb.com readers who voted (unedited):

• Even the Nazi's are still being investigated. All Previous Govts should be included. Kuffour fears that b/c he MIGHT be implicated
• Legitimately elected civilian gov'ts should not be included. In any case the military gov'ts that brought them down always investigated them.
• Goverment should go on with neccessary work not wasting time on reconciliation. But before then why can't they judge themselves first?
• Previous military regimes' leaders were executed by the AFRC. Rawlings should tell us why. For me, it is Rawlings who must talk, not ghosts.
• I think the country should move on without going back to visit the past
• It is fair to consider investigating human rights abuses from 1957 till present, however due to time and money constraint it would be clever to only c
• I think, it is unjust under only military rule of Rawlings. I t should be done from 1957 to 2000. What about those who suffered under CPP regime?
• I don't think it is necessary to set up a truth and reconciliation board. If it is done though, then it must start from colonial days!

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