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* Mr. Gorbachev, Please Tear Down This Berlin Wall!

* NPP, Please Say NO to that RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE of 3-man flag-bearer contest!

* NPP, Please Say NO to Dictatorship!

* NPP, Please Say NO to Arrogance!

* NPP, Please Say NO to Preferential Treatment!

* NPP, Please Say YES to One-Member-One-Vote [OMOV]!

* NPP, Please Say YES to Universal Voting!

* NPP, Please Say YES to support YOUTH Inclusiveness in Modern Politics!

* NPP, Please Say it to EVERYONE That: OBIARA-NTO-BI!

* NPP, OBIARA-OBIARA, Stand up to INJUSTICE!

In 1949, the Watson Commission of Enquiring Report equated the British colonialist “Indirect Rule” to “Traditional Rule”, in which a chosen few dictated to a whole lot. Sixty years down the road, we can also equate Watson's Indirect Rule policy to Ghana's “most democratic” political party, the NPP Delegates Conference policy.

The Delegates Conference is dead at best and outmoded. The Delegates Conference is discriminative; it easily corrupts, wastes resources, and creates instant enmity. Delegates Conference is non-representative that excludes the Youth, who form the largest percentage of the party. Please say NO to any form of Delegate Conference method in whole or in disguise. Just say NO to DICTATORSHIP.

The 3-Man Contest

The 3-man contest is too complicated. It proposes to create Two-Tier Electoral College. The first College composes of about 500 predominantly VERY OLD MEN to decide which three among the lot will be presented to the second “Extended” College (for the sake of formalities only, please!), may be 115,000 or 150,000 (they are not sure!) to vote to elect the flag bearer. The winner becomes the flag bearer; and the second placed contestant automatically becomes the running mate to go to the general elections. What happens to the sacrificial third rated stooge? May be answers will come from the skies, as usual. Shame-on-You! NPP, Shame-on-You!

I have some questions, please! Who will decide the selection of that 500 predominantly male clique? Someone tell me, please: Is this democracy? Where in the civilized world would you find this Fidel Castro-cum-Mao Tsetung-type of dictatorship as democracy? You-Right! I might as well call it “Jamaase-Democracy”, or perhaps “Apedwafie-Rule-of-law”, or probably “Kokofu-ball-Electoral-College”. This is a big shame! Arrogant and insecure Time-beaten-Renegades, in their frenzy, are using bullying tactics to legitimize evil and self-destructive principles in a God-blessed party.

Our people have now started coming out boldly to join Konongo Fordjour's lone voice to fight a common cause. Today myjoyonline.com reports that, the Agona West Constituency NPP Chairman, Mr. Adofo Dwamena, has appealed to NPP senior stalwarts, such as Mr. B J da Rocha, to step in with their wisdom, and stop the call to the constitutional amendment that has potentials of deepening the “cracks” of disunity showing up in the party and to steer it off the path of imminent disaster.

This undemocratic proposition is unacceptable, so please drop that RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE of 3-man flag bearer contest. Every eligible member must be allowed to vote and also contest. Please destroy that UNDEMOCRATIC proposition, which has the qualities of “Political-Tsunami”, ahead of time before it gathers the momentum. Please say NO to ARROGANCE. DICTATORSHIP is never allowed anywhere in the civilized world. Please say NO to political PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. Away with any form of DISCRIMINATION!

Honestly, the original thinkers that conceived the idea of NPP in Accra included the University of Ghana Legon students. The vital document secured from a prominent member who visited USA, right in my possession now, clearly point to this fact. Unfortunately the current aficionados dictating to our party constitution, although have their names appearing in the document, were very late signatories.

The interesting thing is that the young men and women who brought the idea made a brilliant all inclusive constitution that bound us all over the years. Had a restrictive clause like this one inserted then, perhaps, His Excellency, former president Kufuor, may not have even been considered a candidate in the first place. The young people then, invited the elderly to steer the party - as our custom and respect for the elderly. However, over the years, and considering the elderly disappointments in recent governance, the youth demand the right to rule with the elderly support. This is not hard to ask.

The One-Member-One-Vote [OMOV] Continued    Source: Konongo Fordjour

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