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Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana has written to the Government a statement of Wisdom concerning the replacement of murdered Mfanstseman MP with his wife.
He made this comments after news broke out that the wife of the murdered MP for Mfansteman Ophelia Hayford has been selected by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to replace her late husband.
According to the analysis of Professor’s statement done by Ghanaarticles.com,MR.Gyampo seems not to be happy with the quick decision of the Government replacement of the murded Mfantseman MP with his wife.
Professor Ransford Gyampo in a statement said ,
- The widow, is being made to sacrifice her job as Police Officer, for a non-Ketu-South-like seat, that she can easily win in 2020 because of sympathy, but cannot be guaranteed victory beyond the victory. Will the party take care of her and the children, when she loses her seat and no longer has a job with the Police Service?
- We must also be careful not to perpetuate this precedence. Else, very soon, some unscrupulous people who have marital issues with their spouse, may be plotting murder as a mean of getting selected to parliament.
- Finally, we must be in the know that, the practice of asking widows to replace their dead husbands in parliament, may be dangerous and soon undermine quality representation, particularly, if the only driving force to push a certain segment of the citizenry to parliament, is the loss of their spouse.
- I conclude by calling on political parties in Ghana to be committed to their ultimate purpose of capturing political power. But as we grow our democracy, the quest for political power must not usher us into a regime of sacrificing timeless principles, institutions, rules, customs and traditions for political expediencies.
Source: Ghanarticles.com
