I was just in another trotro today from Osu to Tetteh-Quarshie interchange and guess what happened? A young man got on board and got all political. He started castigating the ruling government and said we should all vote for the major opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). As he went on nobody responded till he started insulting the candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The number of people who jumped into the discussion, made the car turn into a political platform for a political debate between supporter of the ruling party and the main opposition party. The thought that just came to mind was that, “if the American and the British knew Ghanaian will turn to be more democratic and partisan than they are, they wouldn’t have brought democracy to Ghana”.
I am just imagining a bus half full in say New York with people arguing about McCain and Obama and who will win the coming elections…. That is almost impossicant (it is impossible and cannot be)!
As I sat and listen to their debates in the vehicle and decided to write something about the political situation in Ghana. I am of the opinion that governance of a nation is not about the intellectual capabilities of the President especially in a nation like Ghana with unique government systems but about “the government team”. Let me say this without sounding political. If it came to issues of intellectual capabilities, one could argue that Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills was a better candidate than His Excellence John Agyekum Kuffour, then candidate J. A Kuffour during both the 2000 and 2004 elections from a general look with the eye. However, I viewed it as a fact that the NPP had a better team than the NDC during the 2000 and 2004 election that is why they won.
If this becomes the basis for the next election, will it be to close to call????? I don’t know but I strongly recommend this criterion to all individual and patriotic people. I also wish to warn the electorates to look out for the vultures during this election. The vultures will only feed on you and your desire to improve your life and to progress for their selfish interest, especially when it comes to the constituency level. We should be asking ourselves what has been the contribution of our member of parliament to the development of our constituency and the nation as a whole. Some MPs have never contributed to any discussion on the floor of parliament but still want to get back in there.
WHAT AT ALL ARE THEY DOING THERE??????????
I will like to sound a few notes of caution to my fellow Ghanaians;
· Let us not let any politician lead us to do things that will put the relative peace we enjoy in jeopardy
· Let us make our political campaigns insult-free and incidents-free.
· Let our politician make us see the friendship that exists between them so that no matter what happens, brothers will not turn against each other. (I saw at parliament house once the NPP and NDC MPS chatting and laughing with each other but I also saw once in Tamale a man kill his brother because the belong to different political parties). Let our politician make us see that without political power life still goes on and we are all one people who have to work together for the development of our beloved nation.
· Let us put Ghana first and our national interest next.
· Let us love one another and be tolerant.
To the politicians who will be force to retire and those who will loose their seat in parliament come December 7, I say, it is not over yet. You are just taking a break to take stock of your actions, the needs of the people you serve because you will be one of the ones to get serve by the MP and thus will know what your demands and needs are and then you can come back strong and more determined to serve mother Ghana. We the people appreciate your efforts at making Ghana a better place for us all. God bless you all.
To those getting in to parliament and other political offices, we congratulate you in advance. We hope you will deliver on your words and make Ghana a better place for us all. We the people of Ghana have all confidence and trust in you that you can deliver, that is why we will vote for you. Make us proud. Put Ghana first and know that you are accountable to us the people, yourself and God is the witness.
NDC, CPP, PNC, DFP, NPP, GCPP, all those I do not know yet, Ghana is for all Ghanaians not political parties. You will come and go but Ghana will remain. Play fair in this election. Do not abuse anyone or anything to gain political power. Let the better team win and let they that do not win, not they that loose but they that do not win, accept what they have. Ghana is always there to be ruled and the best party at any point in time will rule.
God bless Ghana!
God bless our democracy!!!!!!!!
I am just imagining a bus half full in say New York with people arguing about McCain and Obama and who will win the coming elections…. That is almost impossicant (it is impossible and cannot be)!
As I sat and listen to their debates in the vehicle and decided to write something about the political situation in Ghana. I am of the opinion that governance of a nation is not about the intellectual capabilities of the President especially in a nation like Ghana with unique government systems but about “the government team”. Let me say this without sounding political. If it came to issues of intellectual capabilities, one could argue that Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills was a better candidate than His Excellence John Agyekum Kuffour, then candidate J. A Kuffour during both the 2000 and 2004 elections from a general look with the eye. However, I viewed it as a fact that the NPP had a better team than the NDC during the 2000 and 2004 election that is why they won.
If this becomes the basis for the next election, will it be to close to call????? I don’t know but I strongly recommend this criterion to all individual and patriotic people. I also wish to warn the electorates to look out for the vultures during this election. The vultures will only feed on you and your desire to improve your life and to progress for their selfish interest, especially when it comes to the constituency level. We should be asking ourselves what has been the contribution of our member of parliament to the development of our constituency and the nation as a whole. Some MPs have never contributed to any discussion on the floor of parliament but still want to get back in there.
WHAT AT ALL ARE THEY DOING THERE??????????
I will like to sound a few notes of caution to my fellow Ghanaians;
· Let us not let any politician lead us to do things that will put the relative peace we enjoy in jeopardy
· Let us make our political campaigns insult-free and incidents-free.
· Let our politician make us see the friendship that exists between them so that no matter what happens, brothers will not turn against each other. (I saw at parliament house once the NPP and NDC MPS chatting and laughing with each other but I also saw once in Tamale a man kill his brother because the belong to different political parties). Let our politician make us see that without political power life still goes on and we are all one people who have to work together for the development of our beloved nation.
· Let us put Ghana first and our national interest next.
· Let us love one another and be tolerant.
To the politicians who will be force to retire and those who will loose their seat in parliament come December 7, I say, it is not over yet. You are just taking a break to take stock of your actions, the needs of the people you serve because you will be one of the ones to get serve by the MP and thus will know what your demands and needs are and then you can come back strong and more determined to serve mother Ghana. We the people appreciate your efforts at making Ghana a better place for us all. God bless you all.
To those getting in to parliament and other political offices, we congratulate you in advance. We hope you will deliver on your words and make Ghana a better place for us all. We the people of Ghana have all confidence and trust in you that you can deliver, that is why we will vote for you. Make us proud. Put Ghana first and know that you are accountable to us the people, yourself and God is the witness.
NDC, CPP, PNC, DFP, NPP, GCPP, all those I do not know yet, Ghana is for all Ghanaians not political parties. You will come and go but Ghana will remain. Play fair in this election. Do not abuse anyone or anything to gain political power. Let the better team win and let they that do not win, not they that loose but they that do not win, accept what they have. Ghana is always there to be ruled and the best party at any point in time will rule.
God bless Ghana!
God bless our democracy!!!!!!!!
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