North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has advised President Akufo-Addo to fear empty stomachs, not loaded guns.
According to the lawmaker, “Soldiers cannot protect any government; only government’s own humane policies and responsible conduct can guarantee its protection”.
The MP’s comments come at a time Ghanaians are complaining bitterly about the current economic hardship the country is facing.
His full post is below:
President Akufo-Addo should not be begging soldiers while dismissing the legitimate demands of suffering civilians with utter contempt.
Throughout history, leaders who make the fatal mistake of fearing guns instead of the people have deeply regretted — the guns were silent but people power toppled bad leaders during the Arab Spring and much recently in Sri Lanka. In Sudan, 8 months of angry demonstrations led by disillusioned young people from 2018 eventually resulted in the overthrow of strongman, Omar al-Bashir on April 11, 2019, after 30 brutal years in power.
Soldiers cannot protect any government; only the government’s own humane policies and responsible conduct can guarantee its protection.
This is why it is absolutely imperative that President Akufo-Addo regains consciousness from his comatose and implements urgent remedial measures to rescue suffocating Ghanaians. The pain and suffering under this unprecedented collapsed economy are visceral and tangible.
President Akufo-Addo must fire his Finance Minister NOW; the clueless Economic Management Team ought to be disbanded with dispatch; corruption and profligacy should be uprooted; embark on ruthless retrievals of all stollen taxpayer funds; cancellation of reckless prestige projects; his bloated government including the disgraceful position of CEO for a non-existent Keta Port must be drastically pruned, the countless retirees on contract should go home and catch a well-deserved rest, and as we have often demanded — it is time to convene a non-partisan economic rescue forum to harvest fresh ideas. And if the President cannot pursue these as outlined, he should simply resign without further delay.
When the people are hungry and angry, it is most unwise to contemptuously ignore them and go begging soldiers. In any case, Ghanaian soldiers don’t live in a different economy, they are experiencing the same excruciating hardship and hopelessness we are all confronted with. It is trite — what soldiers all over the world hate, is to be asked to march loyally on hungry stomachs.
President Akufo-Addo must understand in very clear terms that we all cherish our democratic gains and do not wish for or seek a derailment, however, at this point, his abysmal, inept, insensitive, incompetent and visionless leadership represents the greatest threat to Ghana’s democratic stability.
President Akufo-Addo should fear empty stomachs, not loaded guns.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kwanbena Nyarko Abronoma
