Nana Frimpomaa-Sarpong Kumankoma, the flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has noted that the system of government being practiced in Ghana is not a full representation of democracy.
Madam Kumankoma says there is a missing element in Ghana’s democracy which she brings on board to make it whole.
Speaking on Hot Issues on TV3 Sunday, October 06, 2024, she said that the element of the practice that centres on human development is missing in Ghana and that is what she and the CPP bring.
“The Ghanaian has reached a point where, and that missing element for me is what I bring to the table, –the human touch, the care for people, the concern about how the development agenda of the human being… –for the CPP, the entire party was built on that principle,” she stated.
According to her, Ghana’s system of government is not the democracy per the definition of a government that is centred on the people.
“Putting the welfare of human beings at the centre of every policy. It is for that reason that we insisted on independence now. That God created man to live in an environment to be free and develop to your fullest, and that within you, you have the capability and the ability to use it. You must just use what you have. And so, what we’ve seen in this country is not the actual meaning of democracy,” she stated.
She continued by explaining how the human development aspect of democracy that gives people the sovereignty to be self-reliant is missing.
“Democracy by definition, for the people that brought it, the idea was government of the people, by the people, for the people. So to develop the people within that community, within that locality, within that country, that is under the government. So that sovereignty that you have is to be able to govern yourself and your people within that, we’ve missed it,” she added.
Explaining why she said the human interest element of Ghana’s democracy is missing, she said “I don’t need to go to Harvard, Yale, nowhere to tell me that in this country, the young people of today cannot afford a decent meal based on their salary. Even if the person is taking 2,000, 3,000 [Ghana cedis] a month, then he’s not either taking transportation because transport alone in and out is going to cost you between 30 to 50 Ghana [cedis] a day.
“So, if you ask me, you just need to sit and observe and care and know that this is the direction the country is going. It’s going nowhere unless you are privileged to know somebody who is in high places. Otherwise, you even get a job.”
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