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The incredibly stormy and embarrassing scenes in the Parliament of Ghana captured on live television on Thursday, January 7, during the dissolution of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic and the beginning of the Eighth Parliament, can perhaps best be described as the stuff of nightmares.
But perhaps it was not surprising that this particular transition, already known for its controversies, experienced such chaos during its final stages.
The process of voting for a Speaker that was supposed to happen with only minor setbacks, if any, to pave the way for the swearing-in of President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo’s second term, shamefully degenerated into protracted and serious conflict. , on various issues.
And as is well known, at one point the disorder even led to the unprecedented intervention of armed soldiers in the Chamber.
The situation had become so noisy that someone thought it was necessary to bring in soldiers to help restore order.
Before that, the indication of things to come was manifested when around 9 p.m. the day before, NDC members allegedly took their seats not on the minority side of the House, but on the majority side, apparently backing up their claim that there are more seats in the Eighth Parliament.
Interestingly, and curiously, almost all of the NDC members were dressed in victorious and celebratory white outfits.
After a long delay, the vote took place and the NDC nominee, Alban Bagbin, was elected, beating the Speaker of the Seventh Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, clearly to the surprise of the NPP, who wanted the president to be retained. professor.
Furthermore, it became clear that at least one member of the PNP had broken ranks and voted for Bagbin.
It is significant that Bagbin’s election is the first time that the country’s Parliament has a president who is not from the ruling party.
An inexplicable aspect of the vote was when after the first ballot, the NDC began to celebrate its victory and someone from the PNP’s side, identified as Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, allegedly snatched the remaining ballots.
Who could have predicted all these strange events?
Certainly the Eighth Parliament got off to an extremely bumpy, if historic, start.
However, things calmed down after the election of the Speaker and the election of his two deputies was made in a friendly atmosphere, by consensus.
However, later, during the swearing-in of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, NDC MPs were notably absent from the ceremony.
But then, considering that his standard-bearer, former President John Mahama, is contesting President Akufo-Addo’s victory in the 2020 election through a petition to the Supreme Court, his absence was not surprising.
Courtesy of the virus, for the first time, SONA surrendered not in the House of Parliament, but in a giant tent on the Esplanade of Parliament, apparently dictated by pandemic social distancing protocols.
Interestingly, by a strange coincidence, another notable fact that night was that, at the same time, in America, the scene at the Representative House there, the Capitol, in Washington, DC, was experiencing total anarchy.
Some staunch supporters of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump had mounted an attack there, trying to stop the certification of presidential results in favor of incoming Democratic Party President Joe Biden.
It led to four deaths.
Reviewing the scandalous events in our Parliament, I can’t help but wonder why none of Ghana’s very assertive and vocal seers, men of God, and prophets did not foresee them and alert the nation, even though they gave countless prophecies as to who would win. or not to win, Election 2020.
But, similarly, it is puzzling that none of the self-proclaimed prophets were able to predict the attack of the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, not to mention the consequent rise in the hitherto virtually unknown face or nasal mask.
It should be noted, and it is not surprising, that a common element that had a place of honor during the ceremonies on January 7 and, before January 5 in the Parliament facilities where the President delivered the SONA, was the now omnipresent mask nasal.
Everyone, presidents, VVIP, VIP and others had masked themselves; masks of all colors and qualities.
Some people had even matched the color of their masks with their outfits.
My admiration for the people who had the wisdom long ago to establish or invest in companies that make nasal masks is limitless!
I’m especially thinking of the sky blue surgical or disposable mask that seems to have gained universal popularity.
Manufacturers and distributors must be making money by now.
It is remarkable that whenever one comes across images of meetings or events anywhere in the world, invariably most of the people featured will be sporting the sky blue masks!
I’m not forgetting those who similarly had the good sense to get into the hand sanitizer business early.
Again, with all the money that some people are evidently making from selling masks, my complaint is: how come none of Ghana’s renowned seers, fortune-tellers and prophets could not foresee the coming age of masks and alert us?
Recalling, for example, their election prophecies, if they had even hinted at the approaching pandemic and the era of the masked men, some of us might have planned ahead to capitalize on it.
For example, I could have persuaded my bank to grant me a loan to invest in a mask-making business.
But apparently they are mostly political views and predictions that our prophets are gifted with.
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