To The Court of Public Opinion:

To think that the Ghana Police/Military do not know of any less dangerous crowd dispersal method than murderous ones especially crowd shooting, is not only shameful but disturbingly worrisome..

Sadly often, the famous question being asked by some individuals who unfortunately perceive themselves omniscient, hence having superior thinking capacity remains "who sent them there"?

Even at polling stations when supposed officers of the law shoot unarmed citizens, you'll definitely get a crop of fool- soldiers to query victims.

I am not too sure if it is a crime for individuals to have keen interest in who they choose to become their leaders. I am again not so sure if it is against rule of law for citizens to have peaceful demonstrations to register their utmost displeasure in a particular national issue.

If that's the case, then they should equally question the journalists, independent, local and international observers who sent them to these same scenes to observe the processes.

Primarily, the presence of the security forces whose salaries are being paid with our taxes, give assurance of safety to voters and protestants. So therefore people mounts interest to become part of such processes taking into consideration of how peaceful previous elections and picketing have been.

So when it turns out that the presence of the former rather poses great threat to citizens, then the institution and the system must be questioned not innocent unarmed citizens.

Such continuous bad news greeting both local and international news outlets are gradually fading out our long preserved democratic credentials and negates our maximum efforts at consolidating our gains in sustaining peace, stability and progress.

Instead of pinpointing the enemy antics, the first port of call must be finding out the causative agents in this crises and prescribing appropriate medication to remedy the issues, both lurking and overt.

Until then, let stop blaming citizens for being victims of police and military (deliberate or mistaken) unprofessionalism.

Tswa ne omanye abla w)!!!

bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

0245799748/0553094002

The media is not a repository of all knowledge, it's bound to making mistakes.

In my four years in the journalism school, if I were even a lazy student, there were two key principles of journalism I knew were do withouts.

The most essential has to do with fact checking and checking again principle that's necessary for accurate publications.

I learnt secondly that, when a media house get something wrong, it does not come attacking its audiences of their independent observations and commentaries. Invariably however, it upholds it journalistic standards of core principles to accepting to have committed errors by circumvention of issues or amendment of situations and apologize accordingly. 

The football adage that "the best way to defend is to attack" does not have a resting place in journalism.

The fact that the media is said to have been the fourth estate of government does not presupposes its infallibility. The media just like the Electoral Commission is certainly bound to making mistakes.

Therefore the speed at which it embraces applausdy, commendations and awards, must not be different from one that they must use to receive criticisms and a few backlashes for poor work done on few occasions.

Accepting one's mistakes does not kill nor apologizing hurts.

bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

0245799748/0553094002

Electoral Commission of Ghana must thread cautiously.

Regulation 47 (3) of the CI 127 establishes that all documents and records pertaining to the 2020 elections must be retained and preserved for a period of one year, unless otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Any other action contrary to this will not only be illegal and criminal but will cast deep shadow of doubts over the integrity and true independence of the Electoral Commission, in tandem the just ended declaration of 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary results.

It will only leave many objective minds and observers wonder while questioning the ulterior motive, intention and purpose of such premature decisions when it's only five (5) days since the election results were declared.

A referee, just like in football, has many ways of showing bias towards the other team. It could be through infringements, showing of cards and deliberate punishment such as penalties.

However, what has not been chronicled about such biased referees is personally scoring  goals  to give victory to the side of the team they are, It has never happened.

This analogy presupposes that even biased referees are expected to be smart and intelligent while being objective pretentiously.

The continuous chameleon lifestyle of the EC is gradually becoming an incumbrance to our national peace and stability looking at the nirvana of challenges it poses to our democracy.

bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

0245799748/0553094002

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Some months past, when George Floyd was strangled to death, my mother Ghana become Chief Mourners.

Ghanaians including the Government of Ghana (GoG) joined a global campaign including #BlackLivesMatter, #JusticesForFloyd #EveryLifeMatter etc. As a nation we have joined cords with many other nations to seek for justice for either innocent lives lost or cruel treatments meted out to any individual or a group of people anywhere around the global village.

The GoG under the stewardship of the Commander In Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, His Imperial Majesty; His Excellency the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo organized a state sponsored memorial in honor of George Floyd.

The event, even though received severe backlash from many Ghanaians due to the huge amount of money purported to have been spent, the President "collected his name" as he was recognized by several global media outlets and acknowledged at the main funeral ceremony of Floyd.

Fast forward, on the 7th of December 2020, Ghanaians went to the polls to exercise one of their essential fundamental human rights, to exercise their franchise; to decide who leads them in the next four years.

Along the process, Five (5) individuals who were unarmed Ghanaian citizens were SHOT DEAD by Ghanaian Military. Their offence is that they wanted to protect their sovereign rights and make sure their voices are heard through the ballot counts.

Worrisomely, it seems these souls are not enough to be lost so to demand for outright justice.

As I write, not even the Government of Ghana or the President who thought it wise to organize a memorial for one single soul lost far away in the United States has uttered a single word over this disturbing circumstance.

We have a lazy group called National Peace Council, Ghana who are behaving like everything is normal, shamelessly preaching peace without seeking justice.

The least said about the media the better. This is the only time the Ghana Journalists Association has found their loud voice to bemoan over attacks but have remained deaf and dumb when time past their members were physically assaulted under this same government. The media has done absolutely nothing to seek for justice for these 5 Ghanaians whose only crime was to protect their votes. For biases of the media, you may be my guest.

We equally have a charade of Ghanaian populace who unfortunately describe themselves as NEUTRALS. They are everywhere jumping and singing praises that this elections has been the most peaceful, free and fair. Perhaps, when their relative becomes a victim of such selective injustice, they'd speak out, until then let's accept them sitting on the fence but with interests.

Brothers and Sisters, our nation, without any modicum of doubt is set on the path of retrogression and backwardness.

Just like the George Owens Animals Farm, some humans are more human than others, some are more Ghanaians than others depending on which part of the country you hail from, which tribe you belong to, who you know and on which side of the political divide you are aligned to.

Martin Luther King was right to have said , "those who allow evil to go only become accomplices to it".

But the day of reckoning is far approached. The people shall rise and seek for justice by whichever means possible and available to them and its denouement may be such that we can not anticipate as a nation..

Justice delayed is justice denied!!!

#JusticeForAll

#JUSTICEforALLthevictims

bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

0245799748/0553094002

Our democracy has come a long way to be distorted.

In no point in time should unarmed citizens be shot dead, not even on election periods when stakes are so high and candidates bent on winning at all cost.

It is completely backwardness and a smack on our long preserved democratic credentials to have innocent souls slaughtered for power thirsty individuals to cling unto power, by fair or foul means.

Our forefathers paid greatly to lay down a peaceful and non destructive cords of an impeccable democratic lines that's foreshadowed to transcend through our generation and to the last before the four cardinals of the earth are folded.

It must be noted that democracy just like a machine is bound to be faulty. When it happens, we must not resort to guns, fist and blood sheds in it's resolution. There are properly laid down processes in addressing such lapses.

The myraid of attacks, violence and thuggery meted out to citizens at the just ended 2020 elections is not only sad but terrifyingly embarrassing.

The powers that be, the masterminds and orchestrators of such barbaric acts won't go without punishment, it may be today or tomorrow. The precious blood of all these innocent souls are stained on the hands of blood thirsty candidates. Their blood would demand for justice either in this mortal life or the next to come.

These acts are very gross and must be condemned by all and sundry.

No sane person must be seen or heard defending such incongruous and wicked acts. If anyone does, the fellow must be given an immediate medical attention.

These are sad moments for our beloved country.

And may the blood of the innocent rise at the rise of the sun till it set to demand for justice!

bismarktetteh27@gmail.com

0245799748/0553094002