Even with a new president, it s worth remembering.
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I was in Accra, Ghana, for the inauguration of Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second presidential term and the seating of its eighth parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The ceremony would take place the next day on the grounds of the Parliament House, a COVID-19 modification to the mass public gathering usually held at Independence Square. I was there as an invited guest of the Ministry of Finance, to which I’ve been a long-time consultant.
It was approximately 3 p.m. in Washington, when my adult son Andrew called and said, “Mom are you seeing this?” He then sent me several tweets showing footage of the U.S. Capitol Building being breached by a mob of angry Trump supporters.