President Mahama: Sack Yaw Boateng Djan Now!

For independent-minded and patriotic Ghanaians, it is always  sad when cynical individuals amongst our political class,  resort to tactics that  are effectively criminal in nature -  in ruthless pursuit of their party's power-winning strategic objectives.


It will be recalled that a secretly recorded conversation - contained in  a  tape-recording broadcast by Radio Gold FM's "Election Forensics"  programme -  revealed that  as his party fought to retain power during the December 2008 polls, Maxwell Kofi Juma promised some thugs  (who had been apparently recruited to snatch ballot boxes and generally cause mayhem in a number of polling stations around the country)  that he would arrange for them to be freed, if they were arrested whiles impersonating police and military personal,  whose uniforms they wore,   whiles on their abominable and criminal mission on his party's behalf.


Today, in what is a case of déjà vu,  a similar recording has now emerged,  in which the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) national organiser, Yaw Boateng Gyan,  is apparently up to more or less the same tricks employed by Maxwell Kofi Jumah & Co.,  during the height of the battle to remove the New Patriotic Party (NPP) regime of President Kufuor from power,  in December 2008.


Incidentally, at one stage, during the outing of the shameful secret of Maxwell Kofi Jumah & Co.,  it took the clever and politically-savvy Jake Obestebi-Lamptey,  to alert Maxwell Kofi Jumah,  that what he thought was a secret phone  conversation with a member of a group of  "macho men"  recruited by elements in their party, nicknamed Blackie, was indeed being broadcast live on Accra's Radio Gold FM.


When leading politicians resort to such negative activities, which are clearly criminal in nature, they  debase Ghanaian democracy, and make ordinary people  become cynical about politicians.


President Mahama must take immediate steps to have Yaw Boateng Djan  suspended from the NDC, and also ask the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service,   to investigate his perfidious activities,  and  if need be,  charge both Yaw Boateng Djan and Maxwell Kofi Jumah, for their unacceptable and irresponsible conduct.


We must not allow cynical behaviour by such unprincipled individuals amongst our political class to tarnish our nation's image - and dent  the worldwide reputation Ghanaian democracy now has as Africa's  beacon of hope.


Above all, for the sake of Mother Ghana - and as an example of principled   leadership to the  younger generation of Ghanaians -  President Mahama must sack Yaw Boateng Djan from his official position in the presidency now! A word to the wise...


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