Call it political fanatism or whatever but I refer to it as paranoid
suspicion in the light of what the NPP's leadership made Ghanaians believed
that the frivolous petition which was finally rubbished by the Supreme
Court was indeed something substantial to the course of our democracy.
The petition which was built on straw legs, though was bound to crumble but
attempted to borrow enough time to save the entire leadership of the NPP
from severe embarrassment bestowed on them on the 9th December, 2012
following their abysmal poll performance, it again attempted to tab and
hack into the administrative prospects of John mamaha whose legitimacy was
pushed to face impunity. It also attempted to taint and corrupt the
integrity of the entire electoral commission of Ghana and Dr.Kwadwo Afari
Djan whose integrity stands unrivalled in all democratic dispensations.
On the line of logic and common sense, one did not need any legal education
to have perceived and envisaged the pathetic end of the already hyped
petition based on the shreds of unsubstantiated and fragmentary evidence
pushed to the judges for determination.
Some people argued categorically that the petition was a lost battle being
persued just for the records, others called it good academic exercise and a
test of our democracy. But to some us the petition was frivolous, trivial,
vexatious, a total waste of time and a slap on the face of economic
development. In my earlier submission, l enthusiastically described the
petition as a rehash of December 9th desperation jaundiced with lack of
proper convictions to make a case and that position has been vindicated per
the ruling.
The rendition of the entire petition is ascribed to a deliberate conspiracy
theory propounded by the NPP just to cause mischief and wreck Mahama's
administration as was confirmed within their circus of making the nation
ungovernable immediately they were declared loosers of the December polls.
It is indeed hard to believe that at this level of our democracy such a
charade could sneak into our political system but we must also admit that
desperation is much too powerful to tickle someone to embark on such a
reckless journey irrespective of the consequences being so fatal.
My fear was widened upon realizing the extent at which the numerous
supporters and the sympathizers of the NPP were deceived for a victory
ride.The deception and the false claims made by the npp, assuring their
followers of victory ahead of the court's ruling when the petitioners were
by themselves as a matter of facts, privy to the likely fall of the battle
which was eventually taken away from being the Lord's to the court's ,quite
extenuating and shambolic situation which was powered by sentimentalism.
The rush to go to court to subvert the legitimate will of the people by
resorting to political " galamsey " tactics failed to win the legal
convictions of the constitution.
The insinuations, the innuendos and the game of suppositions played at
court were substantial enough to render any kind of judicial coup detat
abortive.
The clueless defence put in by the petitioners and their counsel appeared
to have a weakening effect on the petition, the newly coined and unsellable
expression like you and l were not there ", further and better particulars,
on face of the pinksheet, it's not in the analysis and several others
failed willfully to justify their course and as a matter of facts remained
just political rhetorics which presented them no judicial trophy.
To have intellectuals commending the petitioners for putting a test on our
judicial system is quite sickening in the face of the numerous economic
setbacks this petition has brought and the kind uncharitable image the paid
communicators painted about the president and the nation in the diaspora.
The throngs of allegations levelled against both the EC and the president,
the casting of sneer and slurs at the president, the verbal abuses and
death threats suffered by the judges. You remember the popular " julor " (
thief = John Mahama ) l'm sure it's still fresh on your memory.
To the petitioners they went to court to seek justice, the ruling failed
considerably to grant their request, per the ruling, out of the six counts
of instances where the petitioners alleged infractions, irregularities and
malpractices not even one was upheld by the highest court of the land, yet
a new page was flipped, the lambasting spree. .travesty of justice,
farcical and corrupt judgement, a rape on justice, these are their words
after the judgement, this then spring to mind, what then is justice? The
incessant chanting of war choruses in the airwaves before and after the
petition were/are enough to poss a threat to the existence of peace and
tranquility.
The indiscriminate subjection of the judgement to merciless criticisms in
the media by political commentators who have "dead brains" in understanding
legal intricacies of the judgement by the Supreme Court is quite
problematic,they have been consistently nailing the justices to the cross
of corruption, partisan affiliations and lack of proper clarity and
convictions in their judgement. Legimate critique of the judgement is
highly welcomed but not this kind of double-standards.
The uncontrollable abusive verbal diarrhoea taking over the entire media
lanscape which has subsequently pushed other matters of national relevance
into the periphery is a huge indictment on our quest for a total
democratization.
The sanctity of our judicial system has been raped by ruthless
communicators who under the influence of their paymasters thread without
veneration.
The petition had only succeeded in washing the integrity of the electoral
commission and the police service in eyes of their worshippers.
I still advocate that the incessant bastardization of state institutions
rendering them polarised for political reasons must be muscled against with
punitive measures.
The npp which touts itself as elites party, had its members at strategic
positions in government boycotting all state activities in the last eight
months including the inauguration ceremony of the president, the one which
can never escape serious minds due to the politico-comedy tagged to it, the
memory of former president Kuffour, the invasion of his residence by gangs
of truants who wanted to have him kidnapped so as deter him from rendering
a custodial duty called on him by the state. So If npp and its leadership
who were behind these needles acts were indeed privy to the full legal
implications of article 64 (2) which states that " A declaration by the
Supreme Court that the election of the President is not valid shall be
without prejudice to anything done by the President before the declaration
" then it would only be surprising to have these claimed class of
intellectuals behaved the way they did. Interesting times l guess.
This scenario only reveals the true motives of the elephants, clinging to
power to use politics as a syphoning machinery for draining the purse of
the state.Their activities over the last eight months and even before do
raise a lot of legitimate questions about the genuine interest of the
elephants.
To render their reckless deeds more passionate and as an atonement for the
irresponsible conducts of several misguided, adventurous and reckless
hooligans from their party who wanted to burn the country because Akuffo
Addo was not declared winner of the elections,they anticipated going to
court would fold their irresponble acts in the darks but never because the
scar has left an indelible imprint on our minds. These gainst the chasing
of journalists into the bushes, the smashing of cars and attacking of
innocent Ghanaians with machete at Obra Sport here in Accra and several
other places have gone down deeper into the minds of decerning voters and
it's expected to have replicative effect on subsequent elections.
The thought that, the mere going to court could restore the lost democratic
fortunes of the npp was just a semblance of their guity anticipation.
I must confess, silent minds and hearts have struggled to survive for the
last eight months, the fear, the anguish and panic stricken situation which
were lowered to our doorsteps by the petition nearly set off mass hysteria.
No wonder confusion has now rocked the npp after the petition, the
intelligent + + are never relaxed in their efforts to take over the front
seat from the intelligent+ for trading the party for their personal agenda.
In my humble submission, l think the intelligent + + must take over and
restore sanity to the npp again..but for the intelligent + who always
thread with invectives,. . .......?
The conviction is obvious that the quest for political power is turning the
current npp under the leadership of Akuffo Addo and sir john into a killing
field.
The current hit is on the Greater Accra communications director, Mike
Ampong, according to him, his own party top officials have planned to have
him killed. Is this Kuffour's NPP? Time will definitely tell, the bible is
my witness.
From; Ivan Kyei Innocent / 0206262717 nanakyei81@gmail.com / 0206262717.
