Under a reset agenda, untoward actions take place even when these are matters pendent in courts and awaiting adjudication.
The recent demolition exercise of the Polo Beach Club regardless of multiple lawsuits yet to be disposed of brings to the fore once more the rate at which impunity is being stretched under the President John Mahama’s administration.
Last week ended on a sore note when besides the illegal demolition of seven beach houses, Sappers from the 48 Engineer Regiment descended upon workers of the affected businesses, inflicting upon them assortment bruises. The nasty and crude assaults were reminiscent of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) days. No wonder people regard the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as an extension of the killer junta PNDC.
We have taken note of the interesting yet instructive damage control intervention of Stan Dogbe in the face of the unenviable public backlash.
Not even the finest PR consultants can save the face of President Mahama and his woeful performing government in the face of massive human rights abuses.
Stan must come again. The buck stops on the desk of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, President John Mahama.
What a watery defence! The operation was a National Security mission under the aegis of the Labadi Beach Hotel. Sounds pedantic and unconvincing under the circumstances when the National Security Secretariat, operations et al, come under the Presidency.
This tendency for the President to flee responsibility for actions of the state as represented by the multitude of agencies under him is becoming notorious.
The President must learn to take responsibilities for untoward actions of the agencies he superintends as executive head of state.
The impression that the President is not served daily national security briefings by the relevant officers cannot be acceptable. Are we saddled with a national security lapse in which the President is denied the true picture of the nation on daily basis or even shorter frequencies as demanded by the constitution?
It would appear that is not the case and that the President is merely running away from the negative outcomes of actions undertaken in his name.
This special nonsense carried out by crestfallen Richard Jakpa, the Special Director for such missions, is worrying.
We and the rest of our compatriots would not take this crap from the Deputy Chief of Staff when he seeks to absolve the President from the nonsense, especially since Jakpa had served notice to do as he has finally done.
When the ownership of a hotel ostensibly directs the National Security Secretariat to destroy local businesses as witnessed last week, Ghanaians must question the integrity of governance at the hands of the President.
They are wailing who have lost their sources of livelihoods, including those who have invested millions of Ghana Cedis and dollars in a promising beachfront business. This coming at a time when the much publicised campaign season 24-Hour Economy job creation mantra has proven to be stillborn, tells us more about the incompetency of persons piloting the ship of state.
Stan Dogbe, we have been duly reminded about the incident when you seized a reporter’s gadget and destroyed it. The destructive traits runs through the DNA of the NDC as a political party, and it is regrettable.
Listening to Raymond Archer when he subtly warned members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) about what awaits them when the NDC comes to power in a pre-2024 presidential election interview makes it clear that the ruling party is on a vengeance mode.
More demolitions, more arrests are on the way. But is that what Ghanaians voted for?
Ghanaians did not vote for the destruction of their businesses for foreign takeovers.
The inability of the government to meet its development goals, not a single one has been achieved even as it continues on a vengeance spree, smacks of incompetence or executive recklessness. Tomorrow is pregnant.