The objective behind setting up the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) by the then President John Agyekum Kufuor was to have the country undergo a psychological healing process after bouts of military brutalities.
The 24th February 1966 putsch and the series of coups and counter-coups which visited the country left many Ghanaians traumatised hence the need to reverse this mental state.
Abductions, junta-authorised murders, humiliation of especially women who were stripped naked and flogged on the streets by soldiers were some of the features of the military interventions which visited the country.
The worst occurred during the AFRC and PNDC juntas the forebears of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
It is unsurprising, therefore, when President John Mahama recalled these dark days of our history boastfully. No party can rivalled the NDC when it comes to violence, he said because the NDC was born out of a revolution.
Today, the NDC is at the helm of affairs in the country and three months into their four-year tenure, traits of the PNDC junta are showing up.
The violent nature of the NDC played out during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary polls when armed party foot soldiers stormed collation centres and even police stations wreaking violence with reckless abandon.
The nonsense has continued and to date President Mahama has not condemned the recklessness which is smacking of the aftermath of a coup d’etat. It is as if on December 7, 2024 a coup had taken place and not a democratic changeover.
The setting aside of the rule of law is one of the features of a military intervention. We appear to be exuding this feature as a nation today with the NDC in power.
From all indications President Mahama will not hold back his attack dogs but would rather laud them behind the scenes regardless of the clear drawbacks on the country’s democratic credentials.
We have all worked for democracy to reach this enviable notch but sad today to observe the retrogression.
Many incidents of lawlessness by national security operatives have been recorded since the NDC took over the reins of power one of them being the Rambo-style raid of the residence of the former Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta.
There have been several car seizures only for same to be released because there were no basis for the crazy acts.
What the hell is happening in this country today? This is one question being posed by many who are witnessing the playing out of abuse of power under the leadership of President John Mahama.
The latest in the series was the raid a couple of days ago of the residence of the former Governor of Bank of Ghana by national security operatives led by Richard Jakpa whose notoriety for such acts is now household knowledge.
Jakpa is on a mission to destroy and although he is yet to pull the trigger he could be doing so anytime soon if he is not stopped in his tracks.
The raid on the former Governor’s house bore traits of robbery because Jakpa disabled the CCTV camera, took away the remote control having demanded access to a non-existent vault of cash. Was he there to steal such cash if it had existed?
Let the NDC know that we are in a democracy and unless the nonsense stops forthwith it would not be long before Ghanaians revolt. We might be slow at reacting but when we do there is no stopping us.
