Should the presidency do it anyway?

When you create a bad precedent, you will have to survive it any day, because it could be used in the future as standard by your opponents. It's a stubborn fact.

On Monday, July 22, 2019, Mr. David Asante-Apeatu lost his position as the 21st IGP (Inspector General of Police) in Ghana since the creation of the Fourth Republic and at the 32nd position of Ghana before independence. Ten of them were whites.

The dismissal follows a Presidency directive signed by Eugene Arhin, director of communication. And it was explicit: "Go on leave with immediate effect .."

Before retiring on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

The statement reads in part and I quote:
"The President thanked him for his many years of service in the country and wished him well in his retirement."

He concluded: "President Akufo-Addo has asked the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Buanoh, interim IGP until the appointment of his replacement, in accordance with the constitution."

In accordance with the 1992 Constitution, the President will make the appointment in consultation with the members of the Council of State.

The question is: did the presidency have to fire the IGP given that it had to retire in less than three weeks?

Well, I'll say it as follows: Why paddle a bike that is already on a steep slope? You would lose time and energy.

Yes, Mr. Asante-Appeatu was sacked a few weeks before his 62nd birthday, amid lamentations and dark clouds surrounding the President's untimely actions.

Theories and factors
Veteran journalist Alhaji Kweku Baako Jnr. indicates that the issue has reached a significance or hype not for the position that the man has lost, but because of his timing. The experienced journalist seems to suggest that he is aware of one or more factors that could have caused the capitulation of the PGI.

"I know that the IGP Executive Secretary's voluntary retirement is a factor, it's a fact that motivated this decision." I've also heard some badysts hypothesize that "I'm not sure about it." it could have been a mole in the service. "My post is, I do not agree with pulling it," he said.

The executive secretary of the IGP, in the person of Mr. Peter Lanchene Tuubo, recently resigned from the police department to pursue his dream: to become a deputy on the NDC ticket in the WA West constituency. And is it Haram?

"If you implicitly use that against him, we suggest to anyone we place that there is a party." "Unless you prove that the individual behaves ethically, you can not wear of judgment on it. " social commentator pointed out.

Another reason advanced by Alhaji Baako could have triggered the shooting. He mentions the infamous leaked tape recording that quoted CDN president, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, as the architect.

According to him, the IGP has been criticized for his treatment of the issue.

They say everything you do with people, good or bad.

David was not accused of being a sympathizer of the NPP?
Highlife legend Nana Kwame Ampadu said, "I do not know how it works.

This means that your opponents will repay you one day in your own room. And they could have the last laugh …

If that is true, is someone wrong to declare his party membership? After all, he resigned before making the statement. Do we know which party each police officer is affiliated with?

Can we all belong to a party?
Does not everyone have the right to badociate with a party, be it the NDC, the NPP or the PNC?

The editor of the Crusade Guide said that the action of the presidency was aimed at undermining the true spirit of independence and neutrality of the IGP, which is "disturbing".

And I could not agree more. I think the administration has so much to think about. The problem is that the precedent has already been created and that only the future will tell the rest of the story. But, I can guarantee that, given the partisan nature of our policies, the NDC will do the same, next time.

Lamentations and reactions of some police officers
"I was at NPTS tonight and an OPS complained that Mr. Appietu was at Depot, inspecting the recruits' readiness for their fainting when the news was announced."

The OPS added that Mr. Appietu immediately felt uncomfortable and immediately left the premises. "

Another s exclaimed. "Hmmmmmm! … it's a tragedy that the GPS will be facing until we are opposed to these politicians." He had less than three weeks to go out honorably. "

"My sources to the Presidency confirmed that the outgoing IG had left the presidency and that his deputy arrived in less than five minutes.Two hours later, this letter was published," wrote another

"The tone of the letter is informative and self-explanatory, immediately asking someone to leave on leave with immediate effect is disrespectful and outrageous for the entire service."

"It can not happen all the time, it has to stop in one way or another.After all, the man knows that his time is up and I believe that this new he would not be surprised, better. "

"Master, these things will continue as long as we allow, we have to badert ourselves as an institution of state and not as a government institution, governments would go and governments would come, but service Ghana police will remain Ghana's police service My position I am the least impressed HE the President did not get up this afternoon just to realize that he needed to appoint a new PGI to replace our boss who is retiring.Treating him like this for me was a no-no.If we do not do something as an institution, things like this will not stop.Nobody should be happy about this development. "

The question is:
When will it stop?
To understand the power play and all the ramifications badociated with it, we must go back in the past years.

After independence, Ghana experienced more than 21 PGIs. The first Ghanaian to hold this position after the British exit was MER.T Madjitey (October 9, 1958 – January 8, 1964).

Surprisingly, only two PGIs, I think, were in this position a little longer than four years. The rest lasted a maximum of two years. Is not this a worrying development?

Mr. J.Y.A Kwofie was appointed PGI from 1990 to 1996, under two regimes led by President Jerry Rawlings.

The next is Peter Tenganabang Namfuri, 1996-2001.

And Elizabeth Mills Robertson is the first woman to hold the PGI position. I must note that this was an acting role in 2009.

Thus, historically, PGIs do not last long, partly because of politicization and undue pressure from governments. Remember that whoever hires you can fire you.

How can they be independent?
Where would their neutrality be?
And why should they be blamed?