Kweku Baako is right: Mahama NDC can not extradite "Galamsey Queen" | Characteristics

No wonder, but strangely bizarre, Mr. John Dramani Mahama (JDM) – the defeated former president, become the NDC presidential candidate for 2020, is back to his political theatrical theater. Along with many supporters of his party, Mr. Mahama is desperately persuaded that while he was re-elected President of Ghana, his NDC-led government would certainly demand the extradition of the deported Chinese national Ms Aisha Huang, aka " Galamsey Queen, "will face charges against the state.

And echoing the NDC-2020 propaganda book led by Mahama during a discussion on the Joy FM News File segment, a former vice minister of information and current MP for North Tongu, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, claimed the effect that JDM, the leader of his party, had signaled to him to let the world know that it was one of the avowed projects of the future government of NDC extradite the so-called "Galamsey Queen" for it to face criminal charges in Ghana. But, contributing to the same round table, Mr. Kweku Baako Jrr, of the fame of the New Crusading Guide, offers a realistic perspective against the fact that not only is it doubtful, but that it is "impossible" for any country to successfully push the Chinese government to extradite its own (citizen) to another country to be prosecuted.

Here, Mr. Baako is right and knows exactly what he is talking about, as opposed to Mr. Mahama or Mr. Ablakwa, including all those who seem to have trouble understanding the subtleties of contemporary inter-state relations. Unless the current leaders of the main opposition party are seeking to downplay the information of Ghanaians, it is quite clear that former President Mahama and his steadfast supporters in the NDC have made their case. points of view in the election campaign. no clue to the concept of extradition and what it actually implies in international affairs.

Thus, when the (real) Ghanaian veteran journalist, Mr. Baako, offers a counterintuitive response to Mr. Ablakwa's extradition proposal, it is obvious that the legislator of the North Tongu NDC, at the time of the Like his apparatchiks, he is on his knees in lies, propaganda and jingoism or the politics of nationalist pretensions. A closer look at Mr. Mahama and the behavior of his lackeys and his statements out of power paints a deceptive picture as he cared so much about the interests of the nation and all Ghanaians; but many of us know their appalling toll when they were in power before December 2016.

As the cliché says, "It's easier said than done"; China is not just a country like Ghana or any African country that is trying to talk about the extradition of its citizens. First, let someone ask the desperate flag bearer of the NDC and his servants whether Ghana and China have an extradition treaty? Second, if both countries have an extradition pact, what are the key elements of the agreement? In other words, does this cover the particular case involving the Chinese "Queen of Galamsey"?

Admittedly, it is extremely "impossible" to consider seeking the extradition of a Chinese national from the Giant Asian nation, as Mr. Baako rightly said. Indeed, even the United States of all countries with vast networks of global diplomacy and power find that China is a tough guy on the international stage. So, for Mr. Mahama and his unscrupulous propagandists, including their amateur negotiators, sit here and valiantly deceive the Ghanaians, claim that an NDC government can bring Ms. Huang back through the back door. an extradition process is a lying joke.

For their information, Mr. Mahama and all his campaign collaborators need to know once and for all that China is one of the most intelligent countries in the world very skillful in the field of modern diplomacy. Indeed, contemporary China knows very well how to use the "discrete power" to get what it wants in the field of international relations. That no one deceives themselves by doing so, the fact that China is often "respectful" or discreet when dealing with other countries is in any case an indication of shyness or representation of its true intention. Interstate relations 101 teach that China, as a rapidly rising global power, knows it does not have to engage in confrontation or major conflict – unless there is a serious threat to its sovereignty national – to oppose its objective. ultimate goal of a superpower status. China's behavior on the international scene is badogous to "the anaconda in the grbad". You can walk on this dangerous but "respectful" creature at your own risk if you know what it means.

Currently, when we talk about the world's leading players, China comes just after the United States – the unipolar "superpower" that exists in the world, both militarily and economically. Unlike the former Soviet Union / Russia, China is about the only country of our time to have competed economically with the United States in pursuit of its long-term goal of superiority. military.

In fact, China has monetary resources (economic power) backed up by sophisticated military resources – an evolution that has left American policymakers and their intelligence community unceremoniously sleeping. In short, it is this giant of the rise of the 21st century that former President Mahama, MP Ablakwa, and many others have clearly demonstrated their lack of in-depth knowledge of the vagaries of international politics involving powers. such as China. , boast of getting closer in the not too distant future for the sole purpose of requesting the extradition of one of its nationals.

Some of us may not agree with everything our good old Kweku Baako Jnr has to say all the time, but he is absolutely right. Mr. Ablakwa does not really control interstate politics any more than the people who allowed him to comment on the extradition of "Queen Galamsey" from China.

Bernard Asubonteng is a writer based in the United States.