Our Crybaby MPs!

"Citizens are joyful when governments change and untouchable people suddenly become not so untouchable, afterall!"

The spectacle of our honorable MPs lining up to sit in the dust, dishonoring themselves so gallantly in public surprised no one.

After downing their legislative tools, the minority honorables stormed the precincts of EOCO in protest against the continuous detention of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party.

Unfortunately for them, the Mahama Police had taken steps to ensure they had no access to the premises. The march unjustifiably collapsed at the periphery of the building due to the police build-up.

The MPs were further infuriated by the non-appearance of any official to receive their petition. Raymond Archer, the EOCO boss had vanished into thin air as the case may be.

Bereft of ideas, they burst into a frenzy of sorrowful patriotic songs until their voices grew dim. By this time, some stray supporters had luckily arrived at the scene.

Invigorated by the sparse crowd, they launched into a petition of bitterness and a tirade of woe --- whereupon they mowed down the spirit of oppression and dictatorship walking everywhere in Ghana under John Mahama. They also threatened to spend the night with their colleague at EOCO.

It was obvious they had no action plan for the occasion, but as we all know, desperate situations call for desperate measures---and necessity is the mother of invention. Iam not sure who the source of the innovation was, but suddenly, the honorables opted to sit in the dust. Yes, sit still in silence and wait for Mr. Archer!

Without much ado, they lined up the streets in school-boy fashion and sprawled their buttocks on the dirty floor --- an act in itself very dishonorable and unbecoming of honorables.

I would have sympathised with the MPs in good measure, seeing them so dejected on the floor, and moaning so piteously out of pure public pain and propaganda.

But the remembrance of their past mischiefs hardened my heart towards all their plight, though they cried their best intestines out.

Our honorables have a great incentive for mischievous undertakings and irregular indulgences such that their current pitiful state smacked of another vivid political prank to me.

In the national house of law, ballot boxes have disappeared; invectives fly so freely; rowdiness and fisticuffs; pushing and shoving; even pummelling! Just name the deviation and our MPs would rise to the occasion.

So creative is their collective naughtiness in Parliament that the military invaded the House of Legislation to enforce the law on one such occasion. Only then was their misbehavior curtailed and their capriciousness apprehended.

I find the posture of the current minority in Parliament quite noisy, blabby, rather bellicose and jerky. A bombfire of noise may not replace discretion, and showmanship is no substitute for wisdom and discernment.

The minority's lack of numbers to prosecute anything desirable in the House is no reason why they should be unnecessarily combative. The slim number is the party's just reward for unpopular undertakings while in government--- hence their relegation.

Our honorables may be admonished to accept and live with their current reality with contentment. Citizens are joyful when governments change and untouchable people suddenly become not so untouchable, afterall!

The MPs may justifiably condemn the process of Wontumi's arrest like we have all done. On this score, the government has been far too flamboyant unnecessarily. The man is innocent until proven guilty by a competent court. Even then, he still has redress capabilities.

But to abandon parliamentary duties for which the taxpayer is so heavily burdened for such theatrical goofs gives our minority MPs no good reputation.

Although our country is irredeemably partisan, there is a growing populace of neutrals that could soon become kingmakers in our elections.

The MPs may do well to court such objective minds and leave the cheap propaganda to capable mirmydons.