Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: ACCRA Referendum in Ghana Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 06:47:12 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: ACCRA Referendum in Ghana Publication Date: Tuesday November 3, 1992 BYLINE: Call it today's other election. For the first time since 1981, when Flight Lt. Jerry J. Rawlings banned political parties upon seizing power in a military coup, Ghanaians go to the polls in multi-party presidential elections. With a splintered and generally ineffective opposition, the vote is seen largely as a referendum on Rawlings, 45. His reputation for personal probity sets him apart from the rest of the continent's leaders and has helped him impose one of Africa's longest and most severe austerity programs. His effort to get Ghana's economy back on track after more than 20 years of mismanagement made him the darling of international financiers. But life for the average Ghanaian is still hard, and by most measures economic progress has been slow. Those factors put a lot of pressure on Rawlings to submit his regime to a vote. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM