The Economic Fighters League (Fighters) has declared support for October 7, 2019 demonstration against the General Legal Council over what they described as the “tyranny of the General Legal Council”.
In a statement sighted by Awake News signed by the Fighters-General, Hardi Yakubu said “over the years, legal education has been conducted in a way that reflects the general oppressive system in this country [Ghana]” and “the General Legal Council which is charged with the responsibility of superintending over it has turned itself into a lawless oppressor, arbitrarily and capriciously constraining young people’s entry into the legal profession.”
The statement of the Fighters is coming in the heals of public outcry over the mass failure of law students and prospective students.
This year alone, there are reports that over 90 per cent of students who sat for Ghana School of Law entrance examination failed to make the cut for admission.
Results showed that of the 1,820 candidates who sat for the entrance exams, only 128, representing 7 per cent passed.
The mass failure comes on the back of a similar failure in the Ghana Bar exams few months ago. More than 90 per cent of the 727 students who wrote that exams failed, sparking agitation amongst the students.
This was pushed the students to plan to hit the streets on October 7, 2019 over the deliberate attempts by the GLC to present the youth from accessing legal education.
Fighters, who stands for the voice for the voiceless is encouraging all members to join the demonstration.
“As we organize for this massive demonstration, we must also use this opportunity to look at the board oppression suffered by all students at all levels of the educational system and to take active steps to bring down this anti-youth system”
By: Efo Korsi Senyo / awakenewsroom.com
