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Opinions on Monday, January 18, 2021
Columnist: Francis Addai-Nimoh
2021-01-18
Francis Addai-Nimoh, former Mampong MP
I take this opportunity to congratulate the PNP on winning the 2020 presidential election with a one-touch victory. The Victory is a celebration of the efforts of our brave grassroots supporters who worked day and night to secure this important victory. Congratulations to our hard-working, anonymous heroes!
Despite the successes marked by the PNP, the 2020 elections appear to have changed the face of standard Ghanaian politics. The historic results of the 2020 elections may become a permanent feature of our politics in the future or it could just be fluke. This contemplation of permanence or transience of the historical results of the 2020 elections is best resolved over time. And so, I, like many, leave it on time.
I see a ray of light in the entire outcome of this election at a standstill despite my instinctive propensity for a total NPP victory. In other words, while I would love to see a dominant NPP parliament in addition to an NPP presidential victory, the results as they stand now, which is a paradigm shift of the otherwise dominant political space, provides us with the opportunity to build a national consensus. in development.
As the President, HE Nana Akufo-Addo, and I have been fully associated with her, rightly hinted, in the future, the PNP and NDC must find a middle ground on all matters. Who is the ultimate beneficiary of an NPP-NDC consensus? The ordinary Ghanaian. What has happened is a humiliation of partisanship, a clear signal that the people of Ghana have sent to those of us at the highest echelons of politics. Therefore, the president was right in calling for a parliament that works together for the good of Ghanaians.
Right Hon Alban Sumana Bagbin, the speaker of parliament, has given his word not to make parliament an obstructive institution. I am sure he will keep his word. You must not allow partisan influences to dominate reasoning guided by the ultimate national interest. Yes, it comes from the actions of NDC, but that should not, for example, lead you to thwart good government policies. What should guide Mr. President is that if he says: frustrate a “water supply” policy, his people at home will not be happy with him. As the Akan say: “If a bad priest says that the city must destroy, he also lives in it. I trust that Mr. President will put the national interest before partisan consideration.
It is comforting that the NDC is in court challenging the election results. In some districts too, the NPP is challenging the EC statement in favor of the NDC PC hopefuls. This route of litigating election results is what bypassed some African countries and plunged them into catastrophic wars. Hooray, in Ghana we are lucky that our political parties, in this case the NDC, are using a constitutionally sanctioned procedure to air their concerns about the elections. While I commend the NDC on this, I must highlight the PNP’s precedent-setting approach to a similar issue in 2012. Indeed, the impious use of violence to air electoral disagreements has been completely overshadowed by the use of the constitutional process of repair. . At this point, I ask the parties involved to accept the verdict of the courts as the PNP did in 2012.
Ghana is the largest political party that we all join. To live harmoniously in the political party called Ghana and serve its interests, everyone must avoid partisan parochialism. When I look at the crystal ball, I see a united Ghana under this new paradigm in which all citizens are determined to contribute their quota for national development. We need good roads, health care, education, etc. and that is why we must work collectively to achieve them. A utopian society is possible where consensus is given an opportunity.
Let all members of the NPP strongly support the President, as his legacies will be the foundation of future NPP victories. 2024 is not too far from now, I see a good future!
