Politics: derived from poly, meaning many, and tics, meaning blood sucking parasites.
It’s election time here in Ghana and air is full of political nonsense and hot air.
Instead of tackling issues of relevance, the different parties are busy with name calling and blaming each other for all the evils in this world. Of course we don’t expect them to do anything once they come into power (it doesn’t matter the party) but at least the best they can do is try and make us think that one day we’ll get there. Hopefully. The only thing these parties seem to agree on is that the amounts charged by the electoral commission to register candidates has gone up. They even went to the extent of calling a press conference to complain to the press. And they did it together. That should give us a hint of where these parties seem to be interested in- when it affects their pockets.
We all know that in Ghana parliamentarians get car loans every four years, and those who know the right minister or MP get the contracts. It’s as simple as that and honestly we don’t expect anything to change because we know you guys spend a lot of money and time in campaigning and like any business man, you have to recoup what you invested in your various political adventures.
As for those people up north who are burning each others houses in the name of politics continue. I hope you know by now that when they become MPs and presidents that no one would remember how you hacked your own family members to death to show your loyalty to your party colours. You’ll spend the rest of your miserable years missing them. Ask the Kenyans who hacked each other to death whether the politicians who they helped there have even visited them to ask how they are coping. I heard in the news that some chiefs were saying that they would protect themselves if the state is not ready to. I wonder what they’ll be protecting themselves from. Each other?
And the Electoral Commission has muddied the waters even more. Does no one notice that a considerable number of young ones who just turned eighteen were unable to register to vote? What kind of electoral register is the Commission keeping? So how about those whose birthdays fall after the end of the registration period till the election time. What happens to them? They have to wait another four years before they can vote? Someone sue the EC for disenfranchising all these tax paying citizens. How can the EC have a registration that has a limited time offer? Maybe the passport office, the national identification folks and other state agencies should also issue cards or register people in such fashion as that would save them from a lot of stress.
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