The former Attorney General (AG) under the Jerry John Rawlings administration, Dr. Obed Asamoah has condemned and described coup mongers in Ghana as being childish, people who are ignorant of the outcome of military ruling the country.
Speaking on the issue, coup-makers do not differentiate, as a consequence, coup mongers will be endangered when there is a military takeover.
Dr. Obed Asamoah explained during an interview with TV3 on Tuesday, March 1, that the soldiers who overthrow a constitutionally elected government will always retaliate against persons they had issues with.
He said, “for instance”, someone fighting a military Officer over a woman, that person will be aimed at and eliminated if there is a coup.
He said, “this fix Ghana element, some of them are openly calling for a military takeover. Those people are childish. When a coup happens, the power that is wielded by the soldiers immediately after the coup is not discriminatory, they look at it in personal terms.”
“If for example you have crossed some military officer in traffic and he is annoyed with you, he is coming to shoot you in the confusion of the revolution.”
He added, “the other thing is you can have a military government that will be completely inefficient.”
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Meanwhile the Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin, has shown concerns about accounts on coups among some Ghanaians.
For him, the Parliament will suffer the most when there is a military takeover in contrast with the judiciary or the executive.
Bagbin in a meeting with the Council of State members on Tuesday, March 1, said “if there is a coup, it is the Parliament that suffers, the judiciary will always be there, there will always be the executive arm and because of the absence of Parliament, many Ghanaians don’t understand what parliament is.”
“I have gone through it since 1993 up to date, I have seen some of the challenges, I have identified some. When I took over as a Speaker, then the weight came on me.”
He further said, “I see myself, even though I am a member of the NDC, throughout my practice, I have not been a fanatic of party politics. I have always preached across the political divide.”
