Easy Does It
WE APPRECIATE what by and large appears to be a smooth transition from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to the new order of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Whoever came up with the idea of a transitional team whose work is intended to arrange for a smooth transfer of power from one order to another did a wonderful job.
A number of unfolding developments in the country are however making a mockery of the transition arrangement, we dare say.
Whatever shortcomings may have been unearthed by the Mills-led administration about the previous order we do not think that the crudeness being displayed in some quarters is justifiable.
We have learnt with pain about how Mr. Victor Smith of the Office of the President has usurped the role of transport officer of that august office by chasing vehicles supposedly stolen away by some former political officer holders.
Couldn't we do it better than the way we are doing it now?
How time flies is a wondrous thing to behold! Today Mr. Victor Smith is now comfortably engaged with managing the fleet of Government House cars. We wonder if he would now have time to respond to criticisms on radio; forget the fact he was SMS fired by his former boss Rawlings.
The closeness between the two leading political parties in the country in terms of numbers calls for a certain gentleman's agreement between them in the manner of handling things.
We think that Ghana has reached a stage where the electorate would not want one political party to stay at the throttles for too long.
In such a situation the electorate is wide awake to developments and would not hesitate to call for change when the time is due.
It is for this reason that we are asking the NDC operatives to tamper their operations with mercy and some finesse since, after all, we are not in a coup d'etat situation.
We ask that that they behave in such a manner that when their NPP counterparts take their turn at governing the country they would not be compelled to consider a retaliation of sorts.
In the public service we stand to be corrected that office holders are entitled to live in government shelter for a certain period of time before vacating these.
Such an arrangement has been put in place to allow for a certain degree of humanness in our approach to issues.
A situation where as soon as one political party is asked to give way through an election, rival activists charge on such former officials to give way is not only crude but primitive.
Service to one's country is like an appearance on a theatre stage. You play your part and give way to another person or group because when the electorate so desire through the power of their thumbs, they order such movement.
By this commentary we are asking that those at the helm of affairs intervene in some of the nasty developments which have taken place across the country.
We have learnt that former ministers are entitled to live in their bungalows for three or so months before vacating such places for their successors to move in.
We would not be surprised from the look of things if some of these former officials start suffering from the harassment of those who do not even have the authority to demand their vacation of these facilities.
Such misconducts would not help us mend the broken fences as raised by President John Evans Atta Mills in his inaugural speech.