BREEDING THE PHENENOMENA OF ANTI-POLITICS IN GHANA.

You can fool some people all the time. You can also fool all the people some of the time but you definitely cannot fool all the people all of the time.

I believe this is the message that the political parties and politicians must keep in mind when they are dealing with the people of Ghana. I say this because it is so appalling and disrespectful the way our current breed of politicians seem to think that they can fool all the people all the time. When they are in opposition, they criticize almost anything and everything and try to make us (ghanaians) realise the sense in what it is that they are saying. But let them arrive in the corridors of power and then suddenly, the very same things that were wrong become right. Power has been known to corrupt and absolute power may corrupt absolutely but do we the noble citizens of our motherland, who are striving to better ourselves deserve to be treated thus?

My major concern in this article is that through their actions and inactions, politicians are breeding the phenomena of anti-politics in this country. Anti-politics may be seem as that phenomena where the people in a state or political society loose faith in the ability of the prevailing order to secure and promote their general interests.When such a phenomena occurs, people may react in so many ways including supporting revolutions, anarchy and the likes. In my opinion, Ghana is slowly getting there and I continue to prove this.

When was the last time you heard an individual say "whether it is NDC or NPP in power, they are all cut from the same cloth"? One more such saying is "all politicians are corrupt, they only care about themselves and their families"? Yet another is the assertion is that" i would never again vote in an election because they really dont make any difference." the next question is how frequently do you hear these statements being made? For a person like me, I hear them almost on a daily basis and it is so frightening. It seems that we (as a nation) are turning and turning in an ever widening gyre. And soon, maybe, we may not hear our falconers (politicians). My fear is that when it get to that stage, nothing but mere anarchcy would be loosed upon our peaceful motherland.

Honestly, I hope I am a false prophet on this issue but sadly only time will tell. as a lonesome bard that watches but speaks not, moves but is not seen and yet speaks but it is not heard, my time to depart once again is now.