Kuntanase (Ash), March 8, GNA - Over 943 pupils and students from first and second-cycle schools in the Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma district took part in the parade to mark the 47th independence anniversary at Kuntanase on Saturday.

They comprised 65 women cadets from the Opoku Ware Girls Vocational Institute, 32 cadets from the Jachie-Pramso Secondary School, the Catholic Youth Organisation (CYO) and other professional associations.

Reading the President's address, Mr Bright Addai-Mununkum, the District Chief Executive, said since Ghanaians have chosen constitutional democracy as their preferred rule of governance and development, they must cultivate these important qualities in order to deepen the country's democracy.

What makes constitutional democracy such as that of Ghana attractive, he said, was that it prescribed an orderly way of life since the laws that govern the country were not subject to the whims and caprices of those in government and that everybody was subject to the discipline of the national constitution.

The DCE pointed out that it had never been suggested that democracy was an easy form of government, but said it was generally agreed that it was much more equitable and thus a preferable form of governance than any other devised by mankind.

The discipline required for a democracy to work, Mr Addai-Mununkum said demanded commitment from all citizens.

"If discipline takes a lot of hard work, the other vital ingredient for democracy, tolerance is even more tasking. To be tolerant of other people's views, beliefs, tastes, language and looks does not come easily anywhere among human communities".

He said, however, that tolerance when sustained and inculcated was certainly one of the beauties and joys of democracy and worth striving for.