Samson’s Take: Ejisu by-election, what society are we building?

Some will show how clever they are by insisting such is only an offense in public elections and that party primaries are not so designated by law as public elections.

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Yes, they will behave as though they are completely bereft of moral conscience.

Of course, there is the army of those citizens these politicians without principles impoverish by their corrupt conduct who will, sadly, jump to their defence for what they will get or seek –often just enough to buy bread.

I deluded myself into thinking the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would discipline the woman who sprayed cash during their MP primaries, or that the NPP would do same to its MP who announced that he had saved dollars to buy his reelection.

In Ghana, it does not matter that the Constitution bars people against whom a committee or commission of inquiry has made adverse findings from holding public office or becoming MPs.

He insists that corruption under FIFA law is not the same as corruption under Ghana law to prohibit him from seeking public office.

Well, the governing party’s vetting committee passed him, with flying colours, I suppose.

It does not matter that he publicly speaks about hiring thugs for elections.

The NPP may have made him their presidential candidate for the upcoming elections to among others fight corruption despite his avowed belief that public funds are spoils of war for a victorious party.

The president appoints unrepentant loudmouth partisans (foot soldiers) to so taint and damage the reputation of an elections-management body that ought to be above suspicion in exercising constitutional independence, and that is suddenly fine?

The laws that punish vote-buying in public elections with jail terms and ban the affected from voting in public elections for a period may need a bit of tweaking, but we must also show we have some conscience, and morals and must be ethical if we must lead.