NDC AND NPP ENGAGED IN POLITICAL PINPONG WITH DEEP ISSUES

In quintesential partisan poltical fashion ,the NPP and NDC have duly resumed their unproductive shouting match.The NPP organised a press conference on 17th may to react to the issues that were raised at the launch of the NDC campaign a week before . The NPP's major issue was to debunk the points raised by the NDC particularly the Government's handling of the drug menace and whether it is relevant to make the comparison of records the basis of electioneering campaign.The main speaker at the NPP press conference ,Mr. Mac Manu angrily attacked the NDC for daring to challenge the NPP'S record on drugs . He defended the NPP'S track record on drugs saying that they have arrested many drug couriers and barons . The evidence however points to different facts.Ghana is currently ranked as the prime transit point for drugs heading towards Europe and America .

This is very typical of how politics is conducted in this country.Instead of engaging in intellectual debate that will lead to solutions for pressing issues, the political class prefers to engage pointless propaganda war that ultimately drowns out the real issue .