The system in most African countries is rigged to favor those at the top. We talk about having
free and fair elections but each election year we see how political parties go out of their way to bribe citizens to vote for them, ballot boxes getting stolen , people losing their lives and so many more activities you can’t begin to imagine. So, where’s the democracy here when everything is being manipulated right from the top of the chain to the bottom.
Now, let’s talk about the ministerial positions in government. In Ghana, I’d like to believe the president appoints his ministers and they would have to be approved by the parliament. Now, tell me why most of these appointed ministers are in one way or the other having something to do with the president. It’s either they’re family members, members of his political party and what have you. And even putting that aside, how does a country have new ministries after every election. Some of these new ministries being formed are not even necessary but they just do that to try to steal from the country’s coffers.
I remember back then when we had a different political party governing the country. We all know how freedom of speech works and so you’d see how citizens express their displeasure when they don’t feel happy about some happenings. Most at times you’d listen to media houses interview people or even they themselves would talk about matters arising and that was one way Ghanians used to get the government up and working. Recently, it’s the reverse. You can’t even speak about your worries anymore because you’d be arrested for no reason. I remember how this influencer was allegedly arrested and beaten by ‘police’. We still don’t know the whole story but all this was because they claim he said bad stuff about the president. Maybe he deserved it but someone cannot talk his mind again in this country.
2024 is an election year for Ghana and after all the shege we have seen over the past 8 years, I’d like to believe that Ghanaians have come back to their senses and won’t allow anyone influence them or buy their vote. I think political parties should be restricted from having access to citizens during the election or a few days to elections so that citizens can have a clear mind to vote. Let’s not be moved by bags of rice, oil or 50 Ghana cedis. We deserve better than our votes being bought , and our voices being silenced. Let democracy be democracy!
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