The Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey has
chastised the President for
appointing “school boys” into his
government.
“As we see today, school boys are
preferred to experienced politicians,”
he stated.
He said there are not enough
experienced hands to help the
President effectively run the affairs of
the country, hence; the prevailing
difficulties being experienced by
Ghanaians.
Political commentators, some Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs) and
some opposition political parties
have complained about the caliber of
persons being appointed to serve in
the Mahama-led administration.
According to the CCG chairman,
inexperiencedpeople have been
employed in government for the sole
purpose of victimizing political
opponents.
He explained that victimization can
take place “within the same party
where factions that win the primaries
will persecute the losers and their
supporters. This is what I call intra-
party victimization.”
Speaking at a consultative forum
organized by the Institute of
Economic Affairs (IEA) to propose
reforms to the ‘Winner Takes All’
governance system which breeds
political exclusion, Prof. Martey was
suggested that victimization of
political opponents will cease if
Ghana scraps the ‘Winner Takes All’
politics.
He therefore advised that the ongoing
constitutional reforms being
undertaken by the Constitutional
Review Implementation Committee
(CRIC) should consider removing the
‘Winner Takes All’ article in the 1992
constitution to sanitize the political
scene in Ghana.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com
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