According to a ruling by the Accra High Court, the pressure group Arise Ghana may only demonstrate between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm.

The protest was also ordered to start at the Obra Spot in Accra and terminate at Independence Square by the court.

In a case brought by the Ghana Police Service, the court reached this conclusion.

To stop the two-day demonstration that was scheduled to start on Tuesday, the Service filed the lawsuit.

This came about after it was claimed in a statement that the organization Arise Ghana had refused to start and halt the protest before dusk.

However, the group asserts that it came to a deal with the Police and is consequently shocked by the change of events.

DSP Sylvester Asare requested an adjournment of the case on Monday since the Police Service had not yet received the protestors’ documentation.

He requested a two-day postponement.

However, the protestors’ attorney, Godwin Tameklo, accused the police of acting in bad faith and noted that the protest was scheduled for Tuesday.

According to him, the protest would effectively be put on hold if the court granted an adjournment. He proceeded by saying that the group had informed the Police about the rally as early as June 2.

In order to give the Police time to review the documents, the court, presided over by Justice Comfort Tasiame, postponed the hearings until 11:30am.

On Monday at 11:30 a.m., DSP Asare once more requested a break.

He explained that additional time was required for the Police to review the materials.

Mr. Tameklo argued that granting this request would give the Police more power to utilize similar procedures to thwart the rights of citizens to protest. He urged the court to reject the application.

After rejecting the police’s plea, Justice Comfort Tasiame instructed the Service’s attorneys to provide justification for why the demonstration should be put to an end.

The proposed timetables put up by the protestors have the potential to impair efficient policing, DSP Asare later informed the court.

He clarified that the Police had made their request for a restraining order based on this justification.

Godwin Tameklo, an attorney for Arise Ghana, disagreed.

He emphasized that the legislation does not grant the Police the authority to decide when a protest should take place.

He once more charged that the Police were acting in bad faith and violating their agreement with the group. According to him, the protest’s organizers had originally planned to hold it nonstop for 48 hours but eventually agreed to cease it at 3 and 5 p.m. on the first and second days, respectively.

By defining the aforementioned deadlines and routes, the Court, presided over by Justice Tasiame, agreed to partially grant the Police’s motion.

The government is allegedly hiding behind the Ghana Police Service in order to thwart the Arise Ghana demonstration’s organizers, according to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The police’s attempts to obtain a restraining order from the court to prevent the protest, according to the party, are “choreographed to prevent overworked and suffering Ghanaians from releasing their emotions about the corrupt Akufo Addo/Bawumia regime through street protest.”

On Monday, June 27, the NDC released a statement bearing George Opare Addo’s signature as the Party’s national youth organizer.

The government has actually fulfilled its mandate, then why is the government trying to put an end to the protest, the NDC questioned in the release.

“Every Ghanaian who wants our country to succeed should support a protest like the Arise Ghana event. The Police hierarchy regrettably looks to have happily joined the crooks in government plundering the State as their protective cover, the statement says in some places.

After expressing its displeasure with the Police, the Party urged the protesters to continue fighting and instead force the government to grant Ghanaians some relief.

“We implore the Arise Ghana demonstration’s organizers not to be alarmed by the police and government’s cowardly methods. All of our nation’s youth are adamant that the Akufo Addo administration has lost track of its promised deliverables.

“We stand in solidarity with the organisers and would lend all support where necessary to ensure Ghanaians rise in unison against this tyrannical government,” the statement added.

On Tuesday, June 28, from 3 pm to 10 pm, a pressure organization called Arise Ghana and its allies plan to demonstrate against the nation’s deteriorating economic situation.

The Police, however, oppose the demonstration’s planned duration.

As a result, it has moved forward with judicial proceedings in an effort to change how long the protest would last.

The group has responded by opposing the lawsuit with an affidavit.