OF CHANGING TIMES IN GHANA

There is something interesting going on amongst politicians in my country-Ghana. I call what is happening Double Standards. That when they are in power, they see nothing wrong with their actions, but they are quick to point out the faults of their opponents who might have defeated them at the polls. Since the re-introduction of multiparty democracy in Ghana some seventeen years, I have always maintained that my country has only two political parties-New Patriotic Party, NPP and the National Democratic Congress, NDC. The reason is that since 1992, power has alternated amongst these two main parties, and that the fortunes of the others, CPP, PNC, DPP, EGLE, and the party that belongs to Octogenarian Dan Lartey keep dwindling at each general election since the year 1992.
But back to my main subject that deals with the DOUBLE STANDARDS of our politicians.
It is barely eight months since the Mills administration took office, and his political foes are up asking that he redeems all the promises he made in the run up to the 2008 general elections.
I sit back and tell myself that these people are jokers. How can one deliver or redeem all campaign promises within eight months of being in office. I remember in the past when these issues come up, I get very blunt response “The end justifies the means. We have a four year mandate and wait at the end of the tenure you can judge whether or not we delivered on our promises”.
Today, those who use to give me these responses have found themselves out of power. And this is barely eight months ago when they lost the elections. However what do we see, a judgement being passed on the new administration that they have failed to honor their campaign promises to Ghanaians.
Although the ruling government may be responding to these calls with the same response, they too have forgotten that during the NPP’s administration, they also led similar demonstrations accusing the then NPP government of imposing economic hardship on the people of my country. Today when the tables have turned for all of them, they are at each other’s “throat”. It is funny how these politicians see and think of us. But for some of us no matter which side of the coin you stand, we still see you as the same people, who tinkle and toy with our intellect and emotions.
Wake up Ghanaian politicians we can see through you and your thoughts.