STOP PARTISAN POLITICS

                  STOP THE PARTISAN POLITICS
It is a scar on the conscience of Ghanaians as partisan politics takes away the once patriotic and national identity even in the face of the practice of a high profile democracy, there was chaos and heckles in parliament during the third state of the nations address by the Atta Mills’ government.

The tempo at the house last Thursday was not the best as both the majority and minority party all wanted to prove their worth. Watching the minority described the state of the nations address as bad and “half empty”, while the majority described it as “Half full”, harmless and not intended to upset or offend. This actions are not healthy for the Ghanaian political system and posterity will judge us if we fail to show a sense of patriotism in addressing and redressing issues.

Ghana is still struggling to sustain the peace she has earned and if parliamentarians and ministers representing their various regions can show such attitude in parliament then I doubt if the country can actually reach consensus in nation building to facilitate growth, development and equal sharing of prosperity.

We will not reap fully the dividends of democracy- I heard someone say; when we continue to politicize our fighting against corruption via the party line. What happened at the house of parliament is a total mess which mustn't recur in the political history of our dear nation.

I humbly appeal to all members of parliament to join hands and fight their common enemy of corruption and poverty come February 22nd during the debate on the state of the nations address.

The final paragraph of the editorials on  1st December's edition of the daily graphic titles “ entrenching our democratic system” says it all and I quote,  “ let us be good corporate and individual citizens with selflessness, discipline, honesty, respect for the law and the protection and promotion of the national interest being positive attributes that should inform our actions”

Ghana's future is in the hands of its people and leaders.

DANIEL LARTEY,

nubrigdee@yahoo.co.uk

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