..Independent Prez Aspirant Suggests
JOY Presidential Aspirant Jacob Osei Yeboah, an aspiring Independent
Presidential candidate in the 2012 election is calling for a constitutional
amendment where political parties would be restricted to the election of
Members of Parliament (MPS). He also wants Presidential candidates not to be
attached to any political party.
"without mincing words, what JOY2012 commends for our contemplation and
endorsement is that, the core responsibility of the Political Parties must
be the elections of Members of Parliament for the legislative arm of
government only. The Executive arm of government must be made up of
individuals who are independent, not connected with political parties and
whose sole interest is good governance of all citizens".
Mr. Yeboah told the New Crusading Guide in an exclusive interview over the
weekend. Condemning the current dispensation where all democratically
elected presidents of Ghana have emerged from political parties, Mr Yeboah
whose campaign team is called "JOY2012", stated, "let me challenge the
thought patterns of career politicians in Ghana particular and Africa as a
whole that partisan politics practiced at the national level to elect
presidents on the basis of political affiliation and loyalties as well as
ethnic dvides will continually destabilize the region through subversions
and conflicts to deconstruct the Africa continent"
When asked whether he was sure the Ghanaian electorate was ready to vote for
an independent candidate, Mr Yeboah smile and stated "my brother, it is
about time, we began to embrace a new leadership, a leadership that feels,
sees and understands the heart beat of Ghanaians. A leadership that is not
imposing or despotic, a leadership that is not partisan or divisive, a
leadership that is not coercive or brutal but one that seeks and solicits,
one that mobilizes, harnesses, concertizes and channels ideas, and energizes
the human and material resources to realize the dreams and aspirations of
Ghana and the Ghanaian."
"The emerging Ghana and Africa as a whole, does not need politicians to do
politics with our lives and confuse us. The new Ghana rather needs thinkers,
initiators, builders, developers and a leadership with insight and
perspective . it needs men and women with burden hearts for its people. We
need leaders with righteous zeal, determination and commitment to leave an
indelible impression on Ghana's political history. A leadership that, even
if there was nothing, is able to create something out of nothing through
cogent thought processes and the application of the principle of 'dominion',
'fruitfulness' and 'multiplication'.
Promising the paradigm shift from governance style of the "tyranny of the
majority in parliament", the Engineer by profession stated, "there will be a
definite shift from the inordinate pursuit of parochial interest in the
service of a party or a mafia within a political party and not that of state
and its people. My presidency will position Ghana for leadership and
influence within the sub-region and the region as a whole. I will
continually focus on what it means to empower the Ghanaian business
entrepreneur to succeed, what it means to have an inclusive government and,
what it means, again, to marshal the collective wisdom and energies for
national development from our chiefs, our religious leaders and accomplished
business people".
Jacob, as he is affectionately called, has Electrical Engineering degree
from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, he did his MBA
whiles working as Engineer and later promoted to Management at Obuasi Gold
Mines
Jacob later set up his own company and is the West African Director of Vital
Source Limited, a Mining Equipment supplier company.
He disclosed that his nationwide tour had been met with rapturous response
from the electorates.
