The sharp divide between the Minority and Majority could not have been better displayed than the pandemonium which enveloped the august House last Monday.
Precedence, it appeared, no longer matters and that is why the Quayson affair could not be played out even when the Minority alluded to it to support their position on the Kpandai case.
That would have obviated the uproar which ensued in Parliament; the Speaker’s acquiescence only provided the catalyst for the chaos.
Although disagreements do occur in Parliament between the Majority and Minority, when the issues at stake point at a deliberate attempt to compromise the principles of the House, there is reason to fret.
Our democracy is still fragile and all efforts must be mustered to get to the Promised Land.
The Kpandai stalemate is the root cause of what transpired in the House; avoidable as it was, we are at our wits’ end as to why the Majority in spite of its commanding numbers would still want to usurp seats from the Minority.
It is certainly in the interest of democracy that both sides, Majority and Minority, have their say and way in the running of affairs in the House.
Worrying gossips about how the Majority intends seizing more seats through court procedures are making the rounds in political street corners.
We do not want to think that there is a grand scheme towards the re-enactment of a one-party state in this country.
We opted for a democracy in which both Majority and Minority would be tolerated in the interest of the nation.
The national interest can best be served when the legislature is made to work with democratic principles constituting the cornerstone.
The Kpandai issue is a delicate one and should be managed with the subtlety that such subjects deserve because of the inherent national security implication therein.
When the double salary palaver cropped up during the Akufo-Addo administration, he ignored the matter because, as he put it, prosecuting so many National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament for the offence would not serve the interest of the nation.
Looking at how the judicial process was carried out in the Kpandai issue, questions about propriety are being prompted.
The cancellation of the whole polls in the constituency when the bone of contention was restricted to just a certain number has raised a red flag.
We do not want to enter the fray of polemics because we stand for the strengthening of the judicial system.
Anything which has the potential of compromising the sanctity of the judiciary should be resisted by all means. That is the bastion of our democracy, and so it stands to reason to do just that.
Kpandai has been poisoned as things stand, and should the polls go on, the outcome can only be imagined.
Previous reruns and their accompanying consequences do not give us comfort. The Majority has a hidden agenda, and their counterparts in the Minority would not budge.