Rev Prof. Emmanuel Asante does more political talks than pursuing the mandate of the Ghana Peace Council.
His abhorrence for brokering peace in conflict-ridden zones of the country outweighs his passion for the occupation for which he draws emoluments from the state coffers. He might be doing these on purpose but we, as do other Ghanaians, understand his mission: it is anything but in the national interest which is why he deserves a national query.
We have taken note of his latest outburst about the state of security in the country which by implication is a query of the stewardship of the President and his team of appointees. ‘I am not safe in Ghana’ as he spewed it is so hypocritically; we wish he could take leave of the country should the exit offer him the standard of safety he prefers to the one we are enjoying today which we did not when his party was in power.
Such a warped conclusion from a man expected to spare the Peace Council of which he is a leader, the tongue-lashing he has attracted for it is not only unfortunate but deserving of outright reprehension. This is against the backdrop of his penchant for such mischievous interventions on the political space when his preferred party is not in power.
He fouls the political ambience with such remarks and flees from the ensuing dust so generated as he has done already.
Assuming the country is unsafe as he ostensibly claims, the most productive step to take would have been seeking audience with the Commander-In-Chief or even the Chairman of the Council of State and pouring out his heart with convincing recommendations. This recourse would not inure to the interest of the persons whose cause he is championing hence his abhorrence for it and preference for the Montie approach. The decent option is certainly not for him as that would deny him the propaganda leverage he so needs and desperately. We know him too well.
Gone are the days when he was hardly heard over glaring national issues created by the previous government’s actions or otherwise. His silence over the Talensi, Atiwa, Akwatia or even Chereponi and other national security breaches which pushed safety to be backburners have gone down in the annals of the Peace Council as dark chapters. Those were the most unsafe moments in our recent political history.
How safe is a country in which the rule of law has no place safe in the books, inapplicable and where land guards stand tall overshadowing the Police? Where was he when armed Chinese destroyed our water bodies as government looked elsewhere? Today, he says he is not safe. God save this country from so-called men of dignity whose proclivity for mendacity is indisputable.
The reason he is unsafe under the current political dispensation could be attributed to other factors such as the severance of the supply lines from Central government among other golden handshakes. It is unfortunate that the man of God and academic would deliberately make untoward headlines when comparatively we are enjoying a relative safety in which law enforcement agents would be ordered to arrest law breakers irrespective of their political affiliations.
Source: Daily Guide
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Very good piece my brother. Except that you have so unfairly denigrated one of our finest leaders of our time. Your article all smacks of your political inclination and bigotry. Sooner shall your uncontrolled loudmouth appreciate the effort of our true leaders, and of course your parents who brought you forth.
Daily Guide, as for this one, I do not agree with you. Do not use your medium to support the NPP blindly because you belong to them. You will gain more respectability when you criticize your own constructively. Leave the Clergy man alone
this rev. emmanuel asante has simply lost his respect among a large section of well-meaning Ghanaians. I wonder who advises him
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I'M REALLY ASTONISHED AND APPALLED TO SEE HOW VOCAL THIS SO-CALLED HEAD OF THE PEACE COUNCIL DURING NANA ADDO NPP SHORT TERM IN OFFICE. THIS SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL AND SAY NO EVIL BIASED AND COMPROMISED REV ASANTE REMAINED MUTE WHEN ATROCITIES OF ALL KIND WERE METED TO NPP SUPPORTERS DURING THE MAHAMA ADMISTRATION. REV ASANTE BENEFITTED IMMENSELEY FROM MAHAMA FINANCIALLY THAT HE COULD NOT SPEAK HIS MIND ON ANY PRESSING ISSUES DURING MAHAMAS CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENCY. IF NOT THE NPP BEING A PARTY THAT EMBRACES THE RULE OF LAW, THIS SO-CALLED NDC SPONSORED PEACE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISBANDED!!!!!!
MATTHEW 24:24 IS THE EVALUATION WE MUST USE TO EVALUATE THOSE WITH THE COLLAR WHO DECIDE TO TAKE POLITICAL APPOINTMENT .
THIS NDC Rev Ashante is a NATION WRECKER AND AN EVIL PASTOR ; he uses the pastorial collar as a cover to delve into politics when it suits him ;like all of these pastors they should come out say who they are because we are all fed up with their hypocrisy and lies !!!!; lying to Ghanaians that we are going to heaven and we should MES UP GHana for our grand children who are comming ; all these pastrs should shot !!!!!PERIOD !!!