What’s wrong?

It is amazing how the government in power always trusts the various state institutions, but does not trust these same institutions when they are in opposition.

A number of institutions such as the police, the army, the Election Commission, the judiciary, among others, have received much criticism from politicians, especially those in the opposition.

In 2012, the NDC had so much faith in the police, the military and even the electoral commission. The opposition party that was then the NPP had no faith in these institutions. That changed when the NPP took power in 2017. I don’t know what these institutions did differently, but they started to trust them, but then again the NDC opposition started to express their displeasure as well. with regard to these institutions.

The same NDC who believed the Election Commission did a good job in 2012 now believes the Election Commission is not doing a good job in 2020 while the NPP which discredited the Election Commission in 2012 for not being fair is now doing praise of the Election Commission. Commission to be fair.

The question that concerns me now is: does this mean that these institutions are not independent as we are led to believe?

Does the party in government use these institutions to carry out its program? Do the opponents think that the government of the day is using the institutions to their advantage?

Are there systems in place to ensure that these institutions are not manipulated by “big men”?

Are we safe in this country with such suspicion among the ruling class?

I think it is time to look at these issues and start finding a lasting solution to these problems. If we don’t deal with these issues now and let the cracks and mistrust deepen, someday we will wake up and there will be no Ghana.

One solution I would recommend is to create a system that will appoint the heads of these institutions rather than appointing them by the president. The challenge is if the president is the one who appoints you, then you may need to make his offer.

This calls for national deliberation.

May God bless our homeland, Ghana.