WE WERE IN THIS COUNTRY

I have always said,a politician is always a politician and will always do politics. Politics is everywhere, oWE WERE IN THIS COUNTRY I have always said, a politician is always a politician and will always do politics. Politics is everywhere, one cannot do without. You may not want to do mainstream politics but you sure will do politics willy nilly. That said, most utterances by politicians will only mean one thing; we play the same game, we only posses like the moon different phases. That's why I wrote "One Cedi; Same Value" to show politicians are just but identical twins. Doubt me not, for they seek first their interest. If not, like Kojo Yankson of the Joyfm morning show ever quizzed in one of his write-ups, what are the odds that the NDC is always wrong but the NPP is always right?? What are the odds that your party is always right? Are you saying, your party has never erred? Is that possible? Yet, we have as I have said, diehards of parties who will defend childish, shameful and generally several nonsensical positions from their party and its members. Let me ask again, what are the odds...?? Let me just jump into my vexations this morning, as time is fast approaching six. I have listened to many politicians speak on many platforms discussing varied issues. I won't say I have been impressed that much. Often, I hear excuses, accusations and counter accusations, looking for lacunae to justify wrongs and so much nonsense that is nauseating. This is one clause that has struck me, "we were in this country". I know maybe you have heard it too or used it. Its monotony pushed me to look into it critically to see what, was in this dear country of ours that is so topical. It's generally used when one intends to point to his opponent a similar incident that occurred at a different time. Often, an attempt to justify wrongdoing in the present or equalize. I have heard Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr,Afenyo Markin,Felix Ofosu Kwakye,Okudjeto Ablakwa, Mike Oquaye Jnr and the list continues, all use that. I must say, that is my vexation! Let me beg to ask using the same clause, we know we were all in this country. But when we were all in this country and what you seek to refer to as a source of justification happened, was it PROPER?? What was your response then? I thought we were talking about propriety. I thought we were all interested in what was right. When something happens, instead of looking for what's right and proper, we go digging archives at least to have a point that we are not alone. That's when you hear," we were in this country''. When the doctors went on strike sometime back, many condemned it. Others too made political capital out of that. Many wrote, many spoke. Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey wrote condemning it and the illegality in it. He made us aware in that article, why he condemned the strike and why he condemned the one that was led by Dr Omane Boama and some junior doctors during the NPP regime too. He sure was not doing politics. Manasseh' Azure Awuni of Joyfm rather decided to do something else. He captioned his piece, why I support the doctors but not government. I am not so sure of the words but that's what he meant to say. That alone made me not read it. To me, he only spoke as someone else and not the investigator he was/is.Dr Wereko Brobbey a known politician did as good, he educated us. Manasseh on the other hand wanted to attack the government for their failed promises to the doctors a number of times. So to him, it was necessary to support the doctors. Interesting! I am sure he was just repeating " we were in this country " a number of times, in different words though just to remind readers of all the ills of yore of the government.. I believe that was not helpful. Some NDC members were also singing that chorus, yes during your regime too(apparently telling the opposition), doctors too went on strike. Therefore, this should not be seen as a problem?? I asked. It has become a chorus sung by most politicians and others.Tell NPP the infightings in their party are not a healthy sign and they would point to the fact that, every political party has gone through it. Talk about Afoko and the NPP and they will tell you Kofi Adams in the NDC also had problems. Talk to NDC about the economy and they will let you know under the NPP regime things that happened. Is it always an attempt to allow the wrong to continue or to exonerate ourselves from blame. We cannot continue on this tangent if indeed we need progress. Let us be bold to call a spade a spade. We have many examples but the bad we must always condemn. When something happens,let us reflect and come out with answers regarding the correctness of the act. That's the way to go. Just ask this simple question, when Kennedy Adjepong said what he said. Was it proper?? Don't be an Otiko Djaba who still wants a probe. If we were to probe everything by Kennedy Adjepong, he would probably still be in court convincing judges as to why he should not be jailed. We were all in this country, so let's just be honest and real. 9 hrs · Navrongo · Privacy: Publicne cannot do without. You may not want to do mainstream politics but you sure will do politics willy nilly. That said, most utterances by politicians will only mean one thing; we play the same game, we only posses like the moon different phases. That's why I wrote "One Cedi; Same Value" to show politicians are just but identical twins. Doubt me not, for they seek first their interest. If not, like Kojo Yankson of the Joyfm morning show ever quizzed in one of his write-ups, what are the odds that the NDC is always wrong but the NPP is always right?? What are the odds that your party is always right? Are you saying, your party has never erred? Is that possible? Yet, we have as I have said, diehards of parties who will defend childish, shameful and generally several nonsensical positions from their party and its members. Let me ask again, what are the odds...?? Let me just jump into my vexations this morning, as time is fast approaching six. I have listened to many politicians speak on many platforms discussing varied issues. I won't say I have been impressed that much. Often, I hear excuses, accusations and counter accusations, looking for lacunae to justify wrongs and so much nonsense that is nauseating. This is one clause that has struck me, "we were in this country". I know maybe you have heard it too or used it. Its monotony pushed me to look into it critically to see what, was in this dear country of ours that is so topical. It's generally used when one intends to point to his opponent a similar incident that occurred at a different time. Often, an attempt to justify wrongdoing in the present or equalize. I have heard Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, Afenyo Markin, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, Okudjeto Ablakwa, Mike Oquaye Jnr and the list continues, all use that. I must say, that is my vexation! Let me beg to ask using the same clause, we know we were all in this country. But when we were all in this country and what you seek to refer to as a source of justification happened, was it PROPER?? What was your response then? I thought we were talking about propriety. I thought we were all interested in what was right. When something happens, instead of looking for what's right and proper, we go digging archives at least to have a point that we are not alone. That's when you hear," we were in this country''. When the doctors went on strike sometime back, many condemned it. Others too made political capital out of that. Many wrote, many spoke. Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey wrote condemning it and the illegality in it. He made us aware in that article, why he condemned the strike and why he condemned the one that was led by Dr Omane Boama and some junior doctors during the NPP regime too. He sure was not doing politics. Manasseh' Azure Awuni of Joyfm rather decided to do something else. He captioned his piece, why I support the doctors but not government. I am not so sure of the words but that's what he meant to say. That alone made me not read it. To me, he only spoke as someone else and not the investigator he was/is. Dr Wereko Brobbey a known politician did as good, he educated us. Manasseh on the other hand wanted to attack the government for their failed promises to the doctors a number of times. So to him, it was necessary to support the doctors. Interesting! I am sure he was just repeating " we were in this country " a number of times, in different words though just to remind readers of all the ills of yore of the government.. I believe that was not helpful. Some NDC members were also singing that chorus, yes during your regime too(apparently telling the opposition), doctors too went on strike. Therefore, this should not be seen as a problem?? I asked. It has become a chorus sung by most politicians and others. Tell NPP the infightings in their party are not a healthy sign and they would point to the fact that, every political party has gone through it. Talk about Afoko and the NPP and they will tell you Kofi Adams in the NDC also had problems. Talk to NDC about the economy and they will let you know under the NPP regime things that happened. Is it always an attempt to allow the wrong to continue or to exonerate ourselves from blame. We cannot continue on this tangent if indeed we need progress. Let us be bold to call a spade a spade. We have many examples but the bad we must always condemn. When something happens, let us reflect and come out with answers regarding the correctness of the act. That's the way to go. Just ask this simple question, when Kennedy Adjepong said what he said. Was it proper?? Don't be an Otiko Djaba who still wants a probe. If we were to probe everything by Kennedy Adjepong, he would probably still be in court convincing judges as to why he should not be jailed. We were all in this country, so let's just be honest and real.