Monday, January 19, 2009

THE EXPERT SCARE

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We are being hounded by the friends and apologist of the "Tecnocrats" who decided to become fulltime elephants despite the express frown on such practices by the Civil Servants code. These apologist wants the incoming government to keep them in the spirit of reconciliation as was announced by the new president during his inauguration. But what thses people refuse to see how pervasive this offensive practice was during the NPP years

Thursday, January 1, 2009

GHANA ON THE BRINK

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Thanks to the NPP Ghana is slowly tiptoeing into a conflict situation Are you not ashamed by the actions of the NPP in the aftermath of the Run-off? You seem to notice all the misdemeanor of the NDC but blind to all the infractions of the NPP. There were independent (both local and foreign ) reports of serious irregularities in Asante region perpetuated by the NPP. There even attempts by the NPP to doctor the results of three constituencies in the KMA area. There was even a case where one constituency (Manhyia) recorded a turnout of above 95%. NDC election monitors were beaten and prevented from doing their jobs while media personnel who were perceived to be sympathetic to NDC were harassed. In the Volta region where the NPP is disputing the fairness of the polls , the NPP government sent an unusually high number of military personnel to the region while in some communities helicopters landed in polling stations. In some places police brutalized and intimidated voters. Wilie i accept that the NDC is not made up of angels ,we have been led to believe that the NPP was. Their action has dismayed many people who liked them for their rhetoric of rule of law and respect for human rights. But what has happened on the last few days has actually afforded Ghanaian to see the true colors of the Danquah-Busia tradition.The regional chairman of the NDC in the Ashanti region was attacked by Their action has dismayed many people who liked them for their rhetoric of rule of law and respect for human rights. But what has happened on the last few days has actually afforded Ghanaian to see the true colors of the Danquah-Busia tradition.The regional chairman of the NDC in the Ashanti region was attacked by matchet and club weilding NPP hoodlums in his house. You are calling for Prof Mills to concede when indeed he is claerly in the lead and romping to victory. Arent you afraid of what the NPP is bringng upon Ghana? just this morning it took the vigilance of some lawyers to stop the NPP from placing an injunction on the EC restraining it from doing its work.