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Friday, October 10, 2008 |
The historic trial and conviction of Mr Tsatsu Tsikata has so exposed a society so dangerously polarized that prominent citizens and associations are prepared to sacrifice wellestablished principles of justice just to prosecute their parochial and vindictive agenda What is presently unraveling is a sad reflection of a democracy in peril ... Read more |
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 |
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There is one constant about this government and its political and legal hacks They have consistently and profoundly been wrong in every material particular when it comes to executing those things that will make our nation strong and our system of government more viable and durable In fact NPP party pooh bahs are teeing off the country for a chao ... Read more |
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Friday, January 27, 2006 |
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The political slugfest currently raging on between the ruling NPP government and the opposition NDC over the seat of Eric Amoateng MP for Nkoranza North clearly shows what harm baseless partisanship can do the body polity The real issues underlining the now perceivably endangered Amoatengs parliamentary seat are lost in an arena of divisive dia ... Read more |
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Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
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THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION The verdict is now in The iconic imagery of the ruling NPP government as an incorruptible and transparent government is now in tatters It is a cancerous selfinflicted political wound and judging by the depressing way the political and economic fortunes of the country are evolving it is going to take a political ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
In the wake of the brouhaha surrounding the publication of my article captioned THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PER DIEM LEGALIZED STEALING and in view of the heated emotions generated by the said publication I am compelled to write to make certain things clearer and set the records straight In the first place let me state for the record that i ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
What is so outrageous about our present divisive political environment is that anything one says about the present administration is cruelly misconstrued for cheap political gains One of such mischaracterization of what we say and believe in is the per diem allowance collected by our President his hangerson ministers of state parliamentarians ... Read more |
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 |
THE ANATOMY OF A CREDIBLE OPPOSITION AND POPULAR FRUSTRATION As our nations woes grow deeper and wider and popular frustration takes center stage in the lives of a great majority of our people the clarion call for a credible alternative in government becomes even louder Yes in such volatile times of patent political social and economic misdir ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 14, 2005 |
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The NPP governments attempt to amend PNDC LAW to make room for Diasporians like me after we have practically fled from the inequalities inadequacies and humiliation embedded in our system to register and vote has torched off a political and legal storm In the process some sane constitutional principles and eminent citizens of our soc ... Read more |
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Monday, May 23, 2005 |
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IDEOLOGICAL CIVIL WAR The opening rhetorical salvo this morning is Can our democracy survive in the face of the elites connivance facilitation and encouragement of white collar crimes which are driven more by the depravity called greed currently manifesting itself in public life The elite class is building a culture dominated by the p ... Read more |
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Monday, May 09, 2005 |
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POLITICAL TACTICS GONE AWRY As our nation inches ominously ever closer to political intolerance it behooves on all citizens to fall back and reflect on the dangerous political phenomenon call malicious partisan politics that is fast devouring the leading minds and political leadership of our dear country This destructive phenomenon should cl ... Read more |
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Friday, February 25, 2005 |
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Ghana On Disatrous Political Path Rhetorically put is it not a historical fact that no nation has ever achieved peace stability and national development without shared values selflessness dedication and integrity on the part of its political elite Can we honestly say that our present crop of leaders has such abiding leadership qualities In ... Read more |
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Monday, January 31, 2005 |
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Now that the President had submitted his major appointments and Parliament ready to rubber stamp them their NPP compatriots are going to vote for them any way notwithstanding how despicable some of them had behaved while in office let us once more turn our attention to one major issue that seems to elude us as a nation namely declaration of a ... Read more |
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Sunday, November 21, 2004 |
After dubiously playing the coup detat card without success the NPP is not relenting in their effort to feed their partisan propaganda machine at the expense of the security and stability of our troubled nation with baseless and childish talk about arresting our exPresident for certain inflammatory statements which according to our Attorney Ge ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004 |
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As has been our tradition at least once a year we go on our knees begging the power brokers in our society including the allpowerful president and his coterie of special advisors to pay particular attention to the suffering of millions of children particularly those from the very poor families One such area where the children of the poor and unc ... Read more |
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Thursday, September 02, 2004 |
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The Dangerous Lies And Propaganda As the national campaign for the Presidency and Parliament turns into the home stretch it is more imperative now than ever before that we continue to inject into the national debate the the real issues militating against our still struggling democracy Recent pronouncements by our interior minister Mr Hackman ... Read more |
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Friday, February 27, 2004 |
The month of February has already shaped up to be a horrifically bad one for the President and his ruling National Patriotic Party There is a lot of hoodoo about official corruption which has so far culminated in the dishonorable resignation of a member of Parliament and a deputy minister of Presidential Affairs hmmmmmmmmmmmm one such proliferate ... Read more |
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Monday, February 09, 2004 |
As our struggling nation braces itself for the history busting political showdown between our expresident Mr JJ Rawlings and the National Reconciliation Commission NRC it is becoming alarmingly clear that demagoguery is taking center stage in our national conversation The troubling questions that keep tormenting us are why is it that thre ... Read more |
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Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
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On the heels of my recent article OF ELITIST DEMOCRACY RAWLINGSIC UPHEAVAL AND NATIONAL INSTABILITY which generated a lot emotions and fury by way of the numerous emails I received I think that it is our civic and patriotic duty to correct certain dangerous misconceptions currently running amok in our beloved country It is no gainsaying ... Read more |
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Sunday, January 25, 2004 |
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The season of political carousel is once more upon us and predictably some shameless political hacks have obstinately started taunting us with some classless lies and propaganda It is however of eminent importance that as a nation we take stock of and gauge the health of our stillnascent democracy Any serious and genuine conversation on susta ... Read more |
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Sunday, November 30, 2003 |
In their despicable attempt to turn historical facts on their head Osaahene Boakye Djan and Ansah Atiemo together with certain personalities in the media including Kweku Baako continue to abuse our intelligence with a socalled test used in executing the Kutus in June This heartless public onslaught must stop now for the sake of posterity ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
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FROM WILLIAM ANTWI ALIAS BAFO TO HIS EXCELLENCY JAKUFFOUR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA Dear President RE LEGAL PREFERENCE AN EVIL ILLEGAL AND DEPLORABLE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS With the release of the highlyanticipated results of the BECE by WAEC the doors to our enviable Senior Secondary Schools are opened to those fortunate ... Read more |
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