Wednesday,
July 9, 2014
My
good friends, so much has emerged for us to know how the anti-Mahama elements
are doing their dirty politics.
They
began by using the opportunities
given them by our democracy to register their protest (even with their loss at
the general elections, which they contested at the Supreme Court to no avail).
They have relied on their political parties as the smokescreen behind which to
agitate and provoke confrontation with the Establishment.
These political parties are legitimate
institutions, registered and recognized, meaning that using them to poke the
sides of the government cannot be regarded as undemocratic. We have seen how
party buffs are manipulated to take to the street and indulge in acts of
vandalism and to cause mayhem thereby.
We have also seen how so-called civil society
groups are operating, pursuing the agenda of the anti-Mahama camp and making
utterances to suggest that Ghana is doomed under President Mahama.
They are ably supported by the doom mongers in
the clergy who are raising dust to suggest that a military coup could be
in-the-making.
Those in the media hyping only the negative
aspects of governance under President Mahama are doing overtime to ratchet up
public discontent.
There is so much coming from the anti-Mahama
camp that shows clearly the intricate web that these characters are weaving to
make Ghana ungovernable or to set the stage for needless mayhem.
They don't disguise their doings and make
utterances laced with threats and provocative prompts verging on an appeal to
the military to remove President Mahama from office.
I am tempted to surmise that these characters
have reached their wit's end and are now desperately inciting the military
against our democracy. The latest manouevre has come from a failed and
disgruntled NPP buff, Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy, who is no stranger to us. In
an opinion piece, he has called for a "moral revolution" in Ghana;
but behind it all is his expression of LOVE for what happened on June 4, 1979,
under JJ Rawlings.
In effect, Arthur Kennedy is praising Rawlings
for launching his revolution. Hidden behind this so-called love and
reminiscence is the veiled incitement of the military to intervene in national
politics. No one should be deceived. We know all that these characters are
aiming at. Let them know that their expression of LOVE for JJ Rawlings is a
betrayal of their own conscience (if they have any left at this stage).
Lest I forget, let me remind them that Rawlings
is reported to have ever said that it was civilian politicians who impressed on
him the need to remove Dr. Hilla Limann from office in 1981. He mentioned the
NPP's late B.J. da Rocha as one of those influences. Thus, as these NPP
frustrated elements go about raising dust, they should know that they are
leaving traces all over the place to be followed in exposing and dealing with
them if they overstep their bounds.
Whether they like it or not, what has been put
together under our democracy cannot be separated. We are watching closely.
I shall return…
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