Over the weekend, I took my camera from one end to the other. From Accra to Kumasi, from constituency to constituency, looking at how the political arena is looking like.

June 20th, the NPP is scheduled to go polls choosing their parliamentary members who will head the various constituencies for the parliamentary seats. The party through their executives have made their selections.

Ashanti Region made news since their regional chairman, Wontumi was alleged to have made sure, all female incumbent MP's within various constituencies of the Ashanti Region went unopposed, this caused mayhem, evoking curses from party foot soldiers and polling agents as the leaders cannot imposed their choices over what they the constituencies needed. Sheeps, schnapps, eggs were sent to various water goddess within various communities to invoke curses on the party leaders from top to down.

Stakeholders applauded the executives for choosing their women incumbent MP's to go unopposed, because parliament is always underrepresented since 1992 when democracy started. Males always turns to dominate at a huge percentage to that of the women, so Ashanti Region was applauded for such move despite protests.

It will be politically sensible if the women going unopposed learn something from what is happening. Do good to your constituencies and don't assume going unopposed means you did well but a chance for you to cut across and lobby great developmental instruments for the various constituencies, that is what an MP should stand for, not just making laws.

From Achimota to Kumasi, the various constituencies were not darling as I was expecting due to the tension. Fortunately, most aspirants were present at their various constituencies lobbying delegates for their votes. From Thousand to Two Thousand cedis, to flat screen Television to expensive mobile phones and to huge promises, the delegates erected ears and hungry mouth were all wide open for the cash and gifts.

I asked myself if the messages the aspirants were carrying were even convincing. The delegates were much into the gifts rather than their respective messages at expensive hotel meetings. Do delegates have to be this shameful? Does MP's have to be this insensitive? Asokwa delegates were quick to rain curses, Juabeng constituency wasn't different so as was Offinso. What is happening in Ghana politics within the NPP is outrageous. The NPP did bounce on the NDC in 2014 for the same phenomenal issues of curses, and 6years down the line, you the party that criticized is doing the same thing of money sharing, votes buying, curses raining?

Asante Akyem Central, North and South was different, the political arena was calm and safe. It seems the three constituencies were the only safe constituency which were able to manage their war without tantrums and earthquakes from Accra to Kumasi.

Source: opera.com