Spirit said, "Ghana your fruit is falling to the ground".
The Spirit now reveals why: "You have cut yourself off from the BRANCH".
The Spirit now reveals why: "You have cut yourself off from the BRANCH".
On Thursday April 5, 2018, Nana Akufo-Addo addressed Ghanaians on his government’s decision to sign a controversial military agreement with the US government. I listened to him and here are a few observations:
1. It appears to me the president did not read the agreement that has generated public outcry. He left me with the conclusion that so far he has been relying on his advisors and appointees, who in my view, are taking advantage of his lack of attention to detail.
2. It is thus fair to say, that Nana Addo is yet to read the controversial Ghana-US military agreement that subordinates the entire sovereign will of Ghana to the US military because his claims to higher patriotism as espoused in the address are at odds with provisions of the agreement.
3. On account of the above, the president lost a wonderful opportunity to pick the various clauses in the agreement that have generated public outcry, and persuasively assuage the fears and concerns of the citizenry.
4. The president came across very angry, condescending and arrogant in his choice of words, posturing and delivery, and in a style very unusual of the presidency, he elected to directly insult and verbally abuse all Ghanaians who were opposed to the address.
5. The president's innuendos and insinuations directed at those opposed to his decision on the military agreement suggests he does not believe in citizens being citizens as he professed in his inaugural address.
6. I also noticed the president is not a principled person and was surprised that candidate Akufo-Addo who criticized the Gitmo 2 decision of his predecessor is now claiming foreign policy is an area that has always been insulated from partisan discussions, and should remain so.
7. Arguably, the president also demonstrated a lack of democratic temperament and displayed a high level of intolerance in seeing nothing of merit in the arguments advanced by those who are against specific provisions of the agreement with the USA.
8. I am inclined to think that president was sincere about his patriotism but that leaves me wondering if he actually read the controversial agreement because if he did, he would have also come to the conclusion that portions of that document outsourced our sovereign responsibilities to the US, and ousts the jurisdictions of our courts to a significant extent.
9. The president did not say anything that we have not heard from his appointees and party apparatchiks who have been defending the agreement thereby rendering his address unpresidential and quite hollow.
10. I went to bed with the impression that the president thinks electoral legitimacy is a license to do anything irrespective of what the electorates think, forgetting that in between elections, public opinion is the grease that lubricates that legitimacy.
11. I am outraged that the president has the audacity to question the patriotism of people who criticized his decisions. Was Mr. president unpatriotic when he criticized the decisions of Professor Mills and President Mahama? A president who questions the patriotism of citizens on accounts of their criticism of his government’s decisions is himself a threat to both free speech and democracy.
12. Finally, it is obvious that the president is completely out of touch with the nation on this issue and that again leaves me wondering if he receives regularly briefings on topical issues in the country as often discussed in the media.
Taken together, I get the impression that the president is truly a man in hurry; in hurry to be voted out because nothing else could explain Thursday night’s disaster of an unpresidential address that further exacerbates the prevailing "Elect and Regret" clouds hanging over the country." ~ Dr. Kpessa-Whyte
1. It appears to me the president did not read the agreement that has generated public outcry. He left me with the conclusion that so far he has been relying on his advisors and appointees, who in my view, are taking advantage of his lack of attention to detail.
2. It is thus fair to say, that Nana Addo is yet to read the controversial Ghana-US military agreement that subordinates the entire sovereign will of Ghana to the US military because his claims to higher patriotism as espoused in the address are at odds with provisions of the agreement.
3. On account of the above, the president lost a wonderful opportunity to pick the various clauses in the agreement that have generated public outcry, and persuasively assuage the fears and concerns of the citizenry.
4. The president came across very angry, condescending and arrogant in his choice of words, posturing and delivery, and in a style very unusual of the presidency, he elected to directly insult and verbally abuse all Ghanaians who were opposed to the address.
5. The president's innuendos and insinuations directed at those opposed to his decision on the military agreement suggests he does not believe in citizens being citizens as he professed in his inaugural address.
6. I also noticed the president is not a principled person and was surprised that candidate Akufo-Addo who criticized the Gitmo 2 decision of his predecessor is now claiming foreign policy is an area that has always been insulated from partisan discussions, and should remain so.
7. Arguably, the president also demonstrated a lack of democratic temperament and displayed a high level of intolerance in seeing nothing of merit in the arguments advanced by those who are against specific provisions of the agreement with the USA.
8. I am inclined to think that president was sincere about his patriotism but that leaves me wondering if he actually read the controversial agreement because if he did, he would have also come to the conclusion that portions of that document outsourced our sovereign responsibilities to the US, and ousts the jurisdictions of our courts to a significant extent.
9. The president did not say anything that we have not heard from his appointees and party apparatchiks who have been defending the agreement thereby rendering his address unpresidential and quite hollow.
10. I went to bed with the impression that the president thinks electoral legitimacy is a license to do anything irrespective of what the electorates think, forgetting that in between elections, public opinion is the grease that lubricates that legitimacy.
11. I am outraged that the president has the audacity to question the patriotism of people who criticized his decisions. Was Mr. president unpatriotic when he criticized the decisions of Professor Mills and President Mahama? A president who questions the patriotism of citizens on accounts of their criticism of his government’s decisions is himself a threat to both free speech and democracy.
12. Finally, it is obvious that the president is completely out of touch with the nation on this issue and that again leaves me wondering if he receives regularly briefings on topical issues in the country as often discussed in the media.
Taken together, I get the impression that the president is truly a man in hurry; in hurry to be voted out because nothing else could explain Thursday night’s disaster of an unpresidential address that further exacerbates the prevailing "Elect and Regret" clouds hanging over the country." ~ Dr. Kpessa-Whyte
