I have heard several arguments about why an independent presidential candidate cannot ascend to the high office of President of the Republic of Ghana. They are often an excellent presentation of the mess that surrounds our party politics; often about how without bribery and corruption, you don’t stand a chance. Or about how “man made procedures” make it near impossible for an independent candidate to succeed. Vested interests will forever pour scorn on anything new that challenges the status quo. Worse still, as the argument goes, an independent candidate who succeeds in becoming President will not be able to govern. What a red herring! If the subject wasn’t so serious, this would be laughable. Ghanaians really have to begin to challenge this “anti independent candidate” narrative more and more.