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