Amaakye Must Keep His Repugnant Npp Views To Himself

When an NPP activist makes an adverse comment about

President Mills, it should be taken with a pinch of salt. But when that

activist has paraded and continues to parade as a neutral person whose views

are not tainted with partisan colours, it is important to stand up to his buffoonery

lest he continues to deceive the undiscerning and the ignorant. It is in this

light that we cannot help but take issues with Kwesi Amaakye Boateng on the

views he expressed concerning President Mills yesterday on Adom FM.

This political science lecturer was recently exposed

as an ardent NPP supporter and not the neutral political commentator that he

has always hold himself to be. After being exposed, one would have thought that

he would go and re-invent himself before coming back to foul the airwaves with

his usual NPP views. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. As a result, he

continues to foul the airwaves with his mate

me hu views.

Yesterday, Kwesi Amaakye Boateng, on Adom FM news, called

on President Mills to resign in order to uphold the integrity of the Office of

the Presidency in the wake of the GH¢51 million judgment debt brouhaha.

The KNUST Lecturer stated that the NDC

should take steps to replace President Mills to save the party ahead of the

December polls.

Since the reasons he gave are so

mundane, there is no use even re-stating them here. But, we need to ask where

Mr. Kwesi Amaakye was when the then President Kufuor’s own party Chairman,

Harona Esseku, revealed that he has been collecting kickbacks at the Castle?

Again, where was Mr. Amaakye when it

emerged that President Kufuor has fathered a son with a foreigner, Madam Gizelle

Yagzi? The seriousness of Kufuor’s indiscretion here is not the adulterous act

per se but that it was with a foreign woman, who, for all we know, was working as

a spy for another country; in the throes of sexual ecstasy, Kufuor could have

blurted out matters of serious national security to her.

Ghanaians have not forgotten that it was

from the Castle under Kufuor that Ga lands were looted with calls to party

members, including NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, to come make their pick.

Where was Amakye when all these were happening? Living on Mars?

Be that as it may, there is no proof

anywhere that President Mills is involved in the CAN 2008 judgement debt matter.

What is more, he has shown the will to inflict pain on his government and party

to get to the bottom of the matter, an action Kufuor said he will never resort

to, to protect his government. Yes, Kufuor did imply that he was ready to

maintain thieves, murderers, drug barons and nation wreckers in his government

just to keep it intact. Is that the kind of government Kwesi Amaakye Boateng

wants President Mills to keep in place?

The exercise President Mills has

embarked on to get to the bottom of the judgement debt matter is like a person

extracting a bad tooth; though it is a painful exercise, it is the only way to

keep the rest of the body healthy. And, it takes a leader with character and

strong will to take his own government and party through this exercise. Our

only plea with the President is for him to be on the alert because it seems some

want to use his genuine at getting to the bottom of the matter to settle

personal scores with Mr. Woyome and others.

So, let Mr. Kwesi Amaakye Boateng keep his NPP views to himself. No one

is interested in it. The NDC will not commit political suicide by even contemplate

changing President Mills as its flag-bearer for the 2012 elections. Who will

replace him? A junkie who wakes up in the morning high on marijuana with (the

marijuana) smoke hanging over him like a cloud?