When it comes to political rhetoric and double standards, former President John Mahama stands apart from others in his bracket.
He is in full flight in this regard, his post-internal polls win bringing out this attribute loud and clear for independent observers.
Listening to him presents us with a man uninspiring as he seeks to alter his fortunes from their sorry state in the past. When he ends his remarks, he leaves listeners wondering whether he understands the issues he loves to put on the discussion table.
Such subject as banking and finance would require a person properly initiated into it to make informed decisions and commentaries.
Assuring financial institutions whose licences were revoked for want of efficiency and viability that he would reverse the action poses a question as to whether the former President understands the issues at stake.
Making it look like the banks in question were shut down as a political vendetta is unfortunate. Banking and finance professionals can only put up wry smiles when the former President put out this promise.
Only persons with limited knowledge about banking and finance will talk like the former President is doing on the campaign trail.
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a banking and finance person, unless he wants to be hypocritical, should appreciate what informed the decision to pull the curtains over the operations of those banks which could have gone under anyway even without the government action.
His political archrival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia is still waiting for an answer to the question about what single policy can be associated with his political party.
Even as the Vice President, the man the NDC dreads so much might never get an answer for his question, as the former President would continue on his campaign of mendacity across the country.
For a man who still believes most Ghanaians suffer from amnesia, his fallacies do not surprise those who have observed his campaign trail rhetoric, especially in the past few months.
Considering the fact he was responsible for the non-payment of nursing and teacher trainee allowances, the subject becoming a campaign matter for the NPP who implemented the restoration anyway, the former President’s promise sounds ridiculous and specious.
Profligacy which the former President accused the NPP of was palpably visible during the opposition party’s campaign and on the day of their election. Little wonder questions are being posed as to whether or not the Special Prosecutor should not show interest in the subject.
We are of the view that if he can easily tell the Special Prosecutor what informed his decision to splash so much cash during the polls, not so however the source of the money.
Those who want to lead should desist from abusing the vulnerability of the people and treading the path of mendacity and insincerity.