The structure of our democracy has seen yet another touch of geographical re  - demarcation on the global map of peace. Irrespective of the closeness of the  competition and tensions that clouded the electoral atmosphere, which spanned  over some four weeks leaving Ghanaians on tenterhooks awaiting the declaration  of the mandate to the next commander in chief of the laudable Ghana Armed Forces  for the next four years, our credentials of propelling the shield of democracy  on the wheels of tolerance was grounded another firm root as it all ended on the  under the shed of peace. Of course, sixteen years on the roadmap of a democracy  means a lot of trekking, searching, losing, finding and learning great lessons  and the stakes are now too high to quit.  Especially In a period when elections in Africa has been a reference points  for disputes and fierce contentions, which in some places even leads to armed  conflicts and claims the lives of innocent and valuable citizens including women...