Wednesday 14 February 2018

Will Hon. Martin Amidu Become Ghana's President One Day, With Hon. Zenator Agyemang Rawlings As His Vice-President?

Yesterday, virtually the whole of Ghana watched (at any rate if not all of the live telecast then at least some parts of it) spellbound, as the vetting of Hon. Martin Amidu by Parliament's Appointments Committee was televised.

What was lost on many, including the erudite Hon. Okudzato-Ablakwa (who was reported by sections of the media as apparently having said that Hon. Martin Amidu has an exaggerated sense of self-worth and is full of himself), is that in a sense what we saw on display was the past and future of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The symbolism represented by the unedifying  spectacle of the chinchinga-and-pampas-for-girlfriend's-baby politician, the now jaded and super-cynical Hon. Muntaka (who as a callow youth given a ministerial appointment as sports minister by President Mills, was ensnared by a well-laid-trap prepared for him by the crooked officials in his ministry meant to render him ineffective as a reformist sports minister), trying  hard to impune the motives of the principled Martin Amidu (obviously oblivious of the fact that no one in this world is perfect), spoke volumes for me.

And it is instructive that whiles almost the whole of Ghana wishes Martin Amidu well in his new role as Special Prosecutor, elements in the NDC, led by the former Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Dominic Ayine, have gone to court in a last-ditch-attempt to find a clever way to stop Martin Amidu from playing a key role in fighting the high-level corruption, which is slowly sapping the life-force and draining the very lifeblood out of Mother Ghana. Amazing.

How out of touch with the national mood  can politicians be? The question is: Why, do those geniuses think that for the greater good of society, from time to time, individuals with hard-to-find specialist knowledge, and in-depth institutional memory, are re-engaged as consultants in the public-sector to enable them continue contributing to the nation-building task after reaching the statutory  retirement age? Haaba.

To say that an honest gentleman with simple tastes, who always stands up for ordinary people, and has demonstrated his passionate love for Mother Ghana many times over - and also  has a dignified bearing and is  noble-looking to boot,  as well as blessed with the charisma of a Mandela-type elder statesman who has aged pretty well - is full of himself (because he refuses to countenance being disrespected in any way by the many unprincipled and dishonest characters who have flocked into the Ghanaian political world, and whose numbers are choking Parliament and turned it into an instrument for the passage of laws to promote and protect the best interests of vested-interests in Ghana), was most unfortunate:  if it is actually true that Hon Okudzato- Ablakwa did say so, that is. Incredible.

Clearly, the days of impunity for Ghana's  vampire-elites are numbered - and will soon come to an end. Thank goodness. From what I saw yesterday during the vetting of Hon. Martin Amidu, I now also have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that former President Rawlings will eventually  be able to change the NDC for the better  - and that if Hon. Martin Amidu  remains alive long enough after serving as special prosecutor for the envisaged seven years, the reformed NDC will subsequently elect him as its candidate for the  presidency: with Hon. Zenator Agyemang Rawlings as his running mate. And they will win that presidential election. For sure. By a landslide. Cool.





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