Kwesi Pratt Jnr has warned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the current climate of hardship in the country is extremely similar to what has triggered coup d’etats in the past.
Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, Pratt Jnr said currently, democracy is not working for the people of Ghana because it is unable to produce the outcomes they desire, and such environments always precede coup d’etats.
Pratt, therefore, said he is very very concerned about the current situation in the country.
“I am very, very frightened. The economic hardship is one thing; everybody is complaining about the hardship. People go to the market (and) prices are escalating; everywhere you go, you are hit with this (hardship), you can’t tell what is going to happen tomorrow and so on. That anxiety is there. But beyond that anxiety, I am very, very deeply frightened about the possible consequences of this development…” he said.
“I’m a little old; I saw 1972, I saw the palace coups in the Acheampong era, I saw 1979, I saw 1981. I saw them; I experienced them. And there are important lessons that hit me in the face.”
The veteran journalist added that the government must prove that it is working to resolve the challenges Ghanaians are facing to avert the possibility of any upheaval.
“…Our focus ought to be, first and foremost, alleviating hardship. That should be an important part of our focus on alleviating hardships. Our next focus beyond alleviating hardship ought to be creating an atmosphere in which everybody feels that they have a contribution to make, they are making that contribution and that the contribution is valued. We need to do that.
“The third thing to do is simply to send out a signal that the current democratic order is capable of delivering when it comes to the needs and aspirations of our people. Because this democratic order is useless and meaningless if it does not deliver the needs and aspirations of our people. And we need to do that as quickly as possible,” he noted.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com
