You’re worthless, ought to be dumped if you think you represent only your political party as President — Kwesi Pratt fumes

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt, has voiced his concerns over the increasing partisanship that threatens the impartiality required of presidents to serve all citizens equally.

Kwesi Pratt highlighted the troubling trend of some individuals urging leaders to abandon the concept of being a 'father for all,' which directly contradicts the presidential oath.

During a panel discussion on Peace FM's Kokrokoo morning show, Mr. Pratt said, "There is an issue coming up that I am very worried about. You hear people angry on the basis that President Mills, in his tenure, was described as a father for all and that such traits should be discarded.”

“How do we discard that? You can read the presidential oath. Everyone who becomes president of Ghana swears to be a father for all," he added.

Continuing, he stated, "That is what it means, that you would not discriminate against anybody and so on. It's in the presidential oath. So that is a constitutional injunction which can't be discarded.

“If you are NPP and you become president, are you president only for NPP? If you are president only for the NPP, then you are a worthless president who ought to be dumped. If you are CPP and you claim to be president for CPP alone, then excuse me to say you are very worthless. As president, you are for everyone; not just NPP or NDC."