Let The Law Work – But Let It Work Fairly For Everyone

Nobody is telling the current NDC government not to go after corrupt or criminal individuals in the past NPP government. No well-meaning Ghanaian is against accountability.

If anyone, regardless of their political colour, caused financial loss to the state, stole public funds, or abused their office, the law must deal with them. That is what the rule of law demands. Ghanaians voted for accountability and they deserve to see it.But accountability must not become political persecution.

If we are truly serious about fighting corruption, then the principle must be universal. Anybody who is corrupt must face the law – be it an NDC government official, an NPP member, or any other person. Corruption has no political colour. A thief is a thief, whether they wear green, black, red or white.

What Ghanaians do not want to see is selective justice. We do not want a system where you are prosecuted because you are NPP, but protected because you are NDC. That is not justice, that is witch-hunting. And witch-hunting does not build a nation, it only deepens division and makes the next government also come after its opponents.

Go after the corrupt. Retrieve the looted funds. Jail those who deserve to be jailed. But do it with clean hands. Do it through due process. Do it with evidence, not propaganda. And let the same energy be applied to anyone within your own government who goes astray. That is how you will earn the respect of Ghanaians. Let this serve as a clear and unmistakable warning to every National Democratic Congress appointee occupying public office today. Power is transient. It does not last forever. The power you wield today is not your personal property – it is a public trust given to you by the people of Ghana.

Any act of corruption, criminality, abuse of office, or looting of state resources WILL be accounted for. Ghanaians are watching, we are not asleep. Every contract you inflate, every cedi you steal, every state land you grab, and every abuse of power you engage in is being recorded. Do not be deceived by the praise singers around you. Do not think that political power will shield you forever. The same law you are using today will be used against you tomorrow. The same institutions you are weakening today will be strengthened to hold you accountable.

History has taught us this lesson over and over again. Those who looted before you, where are they now? Those who thought they were untouchable, how did they end?If you are in office to serve, serve with honesty and humility. If you are in office to enrich yourself, to punish your opponents, and to loot what belongs to all of us, know this – your day of reckoning is coming.

Be warned.

By: Prince Adjei – Guy Gee