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Executive Director of the Centre for Public Opinion and Awareness (CenPOA) has slammed the ruling government for the mass revocation of recruitments and appointments of workers.
Michael Donyina Mensah lamented that this practice, which every government has been guilty of, is against good governance practices.
He said that although the government may have the legal authority to revoke these appointments, doing so would be ethically wrong.
The situation he posited paints a picture of our leaders having an interest in protecting their political parties rather than seeing the country make progress.
“This is not ethically correct. In law, you can admit that the government has complete power to do whatever it wants. However, it does not imply that, as an outgoing president, you engage in mass recruitment after losing an election in order to put the incoming government in a difficult position.
“So, while there is nothing wrong with mass recruitment revocation under the law, it is not the best thing to do in terms of ethics, goodwill, and good governance,” he said.
In an interview with Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, he said that what is going on demonstrates Ghanaian politicians’ lack of understanding of democracy or good governance.
“The revocation of appointments is nothing new, but it has also confirmed that the majority of Ghana’s politicians do not understand democratic governance. Many of them are unaware of the tenets of good governance. Rather than working in Ghana’s best interests, they are working against Ghana’s dignity and the nation’s development.
”To elaborate, every ruling government regards the opposition as an enemy, and thus they fight each other at the expense of the country. This is unhealthy and demonstrates that Ghana’s politicians do not care about its people. They are only interested in themselves and will go to any length to protect their political interests, even if it means the country is destroyed,” he said.