GHANA’S ELECTIONS:THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Every electorate who is likely to cast his or her vote on Dec. 7,2012, may one way or the other be concentrating on the eventual winner of the elections without asking certain fundamental questions which are yet to be answered. The following are a few of these.

1.Who wins this year’s elections?
Will it be Nana Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) the “most” experienced amongst the candidates or John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) who had to replace Prof. John Evans Atta Mills after a “mysterious” demise whiles in office as a President?

a.) Can the “boogie boys”; Progressive People’s Party(PPP) led by Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom or the man whose name is on the lips of “most” Ghanaians, Mr.Hassan Ayariga of the People’s National Convention(PNC) cause any upset ?

b.)What of the man, Dr.Abu Sakara leading the oldest political party in Ghana; the Convention People’s Party which won independence for Ghana.

c.)The new entrants which also include Mr.Ayariga have not been left out. The likes of Henry Herbert Lartey who also replaced his father; Mr. Dan Lartey of the Great Consolidated Popular Party(GCPP) after his demise is looking forward to pull up a surprise.

d.)Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike of the United Freedom Party(UFP) is much more than optimistic about his chances and not forgetting Mr.Jacob Osei Yeboah; an independent candidate who is waiting for his stars to shine.

2.Are Ghanaians expecting a first round victory or something beyond it? This is extremely important as the 2008 elections in Ghana went beyond the second round.


3.What will become of the future of Nana Akufo Addo if he does not get the nod.
A lot of Ghanaians are asking this “simple” question due to the stern “opposition” he is being given by another Presidential-hopeful in the NPP; Alan Kyeremanteng.

Will NDC be disappointed if John Mahama loses?

The reason for this question is the fact that he had to replace our deceased President (Prof. Atta Mills) after his demise in July and had less than six months to campaign as against Nana Addo who started "campaigning" two years ago.

4.Will the winner have plans of integrating the remaining candidates into his government?</b>

The winner takes all policy in Ghanaian politics has lead to wasting of “brains” who can perform better than certain members of one’s party but are abandoned due to party affiliations.

5. Will the phenomenon of 8 years(2 terms in office) continue? Since the adoption of democracy and constitutional rule in 1992, each government has had the chance of governing for 8 years(NDC & NPP), whether good or bad but will this influence the outcome the 2012 elections?

Answers to all these questions and many more remain close to the chests of the Ghanaian electorates until Dec 7.

PEACE IS WHAT WE NEED IN GHANA!