In yesterday�s commentary, we took a look at President John Evans Atta Mills� unrealism and glaring incidence of bad governance. The Castle media show of last week continues to resonate across the country days after its enactment.
The President�s minders might have other businesses on their plate to attend to but it would be worthwhile if they took another look at what went wrong with the last performance because really, the shortcomings were varied.
Injured media persons who suffered mental bruises through unsavoury questions they posed are still licking their wounds.
Kwame Sefa-Kayi, a Peace FM presenter, while answering questions on Oman FM about the fallouts on his image after he joined others to quiz the President, expressed worry at the turn of events, given that he was not the only media person to ask a question about the Muntaka matter.
He was particularly embittered about the emanating innuendos and outright insults.
That was, but, an aspect of the nasty faces of the Castle engagement causing a lot of consternation among discerning Ghanaians.
We are saddened by President Mills� inability to live up to the expectation of his pre-presidency mantra of �father of all, irrespective of whether they voted for me or not� as he ordered that NDC members be given special treatment by government appointees.
We have taken note of the dissolution of boards of directors of organizations in which government does not even control majority shares, with particular interest.
This, like the governorship of the Bank of Ghana, should be insulated against the pettiness of partisanship by government.
This is undoubtedly one of the shortcomings of the Mills presidency, a year after being in office.
Ghanaians have characteristically endured the travails associated with bad governance, awaiting a saviour to drop from the blues to their rescue.
The �fama nyame� attitude has worked well for those at the helm of bad governments because they can count on the silence of the governed.
Ghanaians do not appreciate the fact that freedom is born in struggle as evidenced from historical records.
Happily, Ghana has never run out men and women who are ready to come to the aid of their country when it is threatened by leaders for whom being realistic is an unachievable challenge.
One such personality is a learned gentleman, Sammy Okudzeto, who has marched to court challenging, as it were, the whimsical and capricious actions in respect of the dissolution of boards.
This is a landmark action which needs the support of all Ghanaians in whatever form as allowed by law.
The precedence being established would shape for the better, our fledgling democracy, ensuring therefore that good governance gains a firm foothold in Ghana.
We do have confidence in the judiciary to make informed decision that will enhance national development and shield us against oppressors� rule.
The so-called shared vision mouthed by Mills, we dare state, is bogus and laden with insincerity. Such a jaundiced vision will only serve to divide this country further on partisan lines remorsefully and painfully.
With a heavy dose of the �they and us� mentality, leftovers of the so-called revolutionary days, such a vision is incompatible with good governance.
No wonder toilet and car seizures and the �we are not being taken care of� cries of frustrated cadres have featured prominently under the incumbent political administration.
The professor of law should know better and steer clear of the rule of men. Opening doors to only party members and supporters presupposes that 49% of Ghanaians, a critical demographic detail, should go hang.
Let the Prof be real.
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