And it came to pass that DAILY GUIDE reported the manouvres of Victor Smith to contest for the Abuakwa North Constituency seat through a substitution arrangement. Expectedly, he rubbished the report, describing it as a feature of DAILY GUIDE Â reportage about him that was nowhere near the reality.
He made it look like we had cooked up a story with a view to presenting him as an ambitious person ready to do anything to achieve his political dream of bearing the flag of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the parliamentary poll in the twilight of this year.
We maintained our course, knowing well that we had undertaken due diligence and satisfied ourselves that the story was true and could stand the test of credibility. Indeed, we did not expect Victor to give it credence anyway. Time has eventually told the world about who is insincere and ready to sell their integrity for a pittance.
His reaction to the report when it made landfall, was a feature exhibited by politicians when they are on the back-foot – a classic challenge faced by the media in our part of the world.
The media and politicians have never been good bedfellows anyway; the two always on collision courses in matters of this nature, though Mr Victor Smith should have kept mum and steered clear of the mendacious ranting as he exhibited on the airwaves.
Now that the chickens have come home to roost, we are vindicated and laughing last, the best mirth.
We have earned an enviable reputation for our editorial operations over the years and would not risk blowing this away through irresponsible reportage, even if it is about Victor Smith’s inordinate political ambition.
We would continue to stand on the side of the truth; that is Godly and morally correct and the best way to go.
That accounts for our buoyancy on the choppy waters of local journalism vis-a-vis insincere politics.
Indeed, those who have sought to do us in through the condemnation of our reports when same hurt them, have ended up succumbing to the reality of the strength of truth.
What would Victor Smith tell us about the emerging developments regarding his decision to contest for the seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as DAILY GUIDE reported earlier?
Are we deserving of an apology? If he is a gentleman as he seeks to portray himself, he should exhibit the appropriate remorse.
DAILY GUIDE, he said, in the heat of the report – which stated among other things that he had frequented the constituency at a worrying frequency – will never report anything positive about him.
Politics should be mired in sincerity and service to God and country, bereft of dust throwing into the eyes of the vulnerable people in the street.