Former president John Mahama’s running mate, Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has in what appears to be a jab to Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson critiqued when the country resorted to violence during voters registration.
Delivering a speech at her outdooring ceremony by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the University of Professional Studies, Accra on July 27, Naana Agyemang bemoaned the incessant violence that has characterized the registration exercise.
”…the level of violence, brute force, blood-letting and sheer breakdown of law and order in an otherwise straightforward act of registering to vote is unbefitting of this nation that was until recently, a fulcrum of democracy in our region.”
She quizzed, ”How did we descend into this situation?”
She noted,”when there appears to be selective justice; when some offenders are not even placed on the hook but are hailed and promoted for being nasty and violent, the logical outcome is what we see. This situation of people dying, being harassed, because they have decided to register to vote, is not a story we can tell any child in the future, especially when the curriculum is hinged on tolerance.”
She further quizzed, “what will be our response if they pose their favorite question: “Why” or if they add a few words and ask the storyteller: “So what did you do?” Or, « and what did you say to that?”
”We need to show up and vote come December 7th. Each one of us must jealously guard our sacred right to vote and reject the attempts by some to disenfranchise millions of voters. We are all Ghanaians, and we love this country deeply. Do not let anyone make you feel otherwise. The choice we have in this election is clear: we can either build a Ghana where every citizen regardless of background is afforded equal opportunity to become their best selves. Or we can continue on a path where a few people attempt to control and dictate the destiny of the people who have given them the privilege to govern
”Let our politics deviate from this unproductive path of injustice and non-peace. Ghana does not belong to any select few. We The People, all of us, are the protectors and owners of this country for our collective good and for that of generations unborn’.” she stated.
Source: GhanaFeed.com