Monday, February 4, 2013
My Facebook Posting To Derrick Wilburn Of Rocky Mountain Black Conservatives
Derrick, thank you for inquiring about my absence to your intellectually empowering meetings for a change in the politics as usual in this great country of United States especially in our Black community. Out of sight but never out of mind. I listen to your Radio Program every Saturday morning on 1460 KZNT with sense of pride of what a warrior you are. Remember Rome was not built in a day and the Roman Empire took many Centuries for it to collapse. I tried posting a full written article here on your Facebook but the Facebook software screwed it up. I shall post another one on the main Rocky Mountain Black Tea Party Facebook page. I need to arrange a meeting with you to discuss my Book Project comprising my personal written articles over decades of coming to this country from Ghana to continue my education. I have loved this country of United States since the American Peace Corps Volunteers came to teach me in High School in Ghana in the 60's. I have written a lot of articles and published in Newspapers, public speeches and online discussions since I first arrived here in the United States for Special Urban and Regional Studies at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Mass in September, 1981. I have been predicting the current events here in the United States, the United Nations, Africa and the Middle East beginning from my Ter Papers to the present. The bias is always in favor of of the bad guys against democratic governments and human freedom is very obvious. Our brothers and sisters in our Black communities here, the ordinary civilians in many of the violent conflict countries are being reduced to low information group, not because of racism, but because the Left will continue to use the weapons of racism, the global warming, environmental and gun controls, the individual-national incomes divides, and education as a way of exploiting the emotions of the poor countries, Blacks, Latinos, Women and even Christians to vote for the Democrat and Leftist Parties in other countries for the Leftist agenda as opposed to the Republican and Conservative agenda here in United States and many other parts of the world where free elections are held. No democratic Government can pursue these goals and objectives to achieve the illusionary Utopian society without being a dictatorship and oppressive over its citizens. History has always proved the Leftist agenda to be a failure. The founding principles of individual freedom, free market and capitalism are also the United States' founding principles leading to her exceptionalism that has built the greatest success story of our modern civilizational history. The closest to this exemplary achievement is the State of Israel. This is not conspiracy theory anymore. We see how news are being distorted in the mainstream media and pop culture for decades and have been both anti-American and anti-Israel as well as attacking conservatives and dehumanizing capitalist principles leading to anti- Christian and anti-Semitism in diplomacy, the media and pop culture today. Unfortunately, this trend is deepening and the dream of human progress continues to be an illusion. The Blacks and Minorities in United States are the most progressive compared to any part of the world. When this country is now being targeted for its greatness, the obvious casualty is our human civilization. Please, continue the good work and may God Bless You.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
YAHOO GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON GHANA'S POST-2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIOS-MY CONTRIBUTION
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Nii George,
As usual, your sharpened cutlass is ready for the “coconut heads” and we have seen many in post-Independent Africa as leaders. The difference this time is that this is now hitting back home in our back yard as our charity begins at home in Ghana. Those of us who have been involved in Ghana politics for decades, so much effort has been invested for true democratic freedom to prevail in Ghana. We have had many heroes. past and present, in our political history. These include the leaders of U.G.F.C.C., the Ashanti Warrior Queen-mother, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, many other Traditional Chiefs and their Queen-mothers, through Dr. J. B. Danquah, Prof. K.A Busia and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to the present dedicated Ghanaians who have sacrificed and are still sacrificing their lives, money and careers, to ensure that true freedom and democracy is the only hope for the prosperity not only for Ghana but for the rest of Africa. These efforts include defeating Colonialism, one-Party State of President Nkrumah’s CPP and the subsequent military dictatorships with the hope of establishing peace and stability as well as economic prosperity not only for every society as we did for our political freedom from Colonial rule.
The conspiracy theories by other governments to under develop other Nations, much as there is historical validity in our human history, are not as significant today. Crisis in many parts of the world can be significantly attributed to lack of common sense in securing political power and common sense of governance in many countries in Africa and other parts of the world. Some of us are therefore determined to exclude Ghana to this general rule. In Ivory Coast just next to our border, similar events followed their 2010 Presidential elections. The presidential elections that should have been organized in 2005 were postponed until November 2010. The preliminary results announced by the Electoral Commission showed a loss for the incumbent President Gbagbo in favour of his rival, former Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara. The ruling FPI contested the results before the Constitutional Council, charging massive fraud in the northern departments controlled by the rebels of the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (FNCI) of now President Ouattar. These charges were contradicted by international observers. The report of the results led to severe tension and violent incidents. The Constitutional Council, which consisted of Gbagbo supporters, declared the results of seven northern departments unlawful and that Gbagbo had won the elections with 51% of the vote (instead of Ouattara winning with 54%, as reported by the Electoral Commission). After the inauguration of Gbagbo, Ouattara was recognized as the winner by most countries and the United Nations. An alternative inauguration was organized to make Ouattaral the legitimate President. The former incumbent President Gbagbo was arresyted arrested and tortured to the silence of the very international community.These events raised fears of a resurgence of the civil war; thousands of refugees have fled the country. The African Union sent Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa, to mediate the conflict. The United Nations Security Council adopted a common resolution recognising Alassane Ouattara as winner of the elections, based on the position of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS suspended Ivory Coast from all its decision-making bodies while the African Union also suspended the country's membership.
In Ghana, our difference and advantage over the political conditions in Ivory Coast and other parts of Africa is that Ghanaians, both home and abroad, have full confidence in our Supreme Court. The Ghana Constitution specifically has enshrined it, the right of the losing Party to appeal to the Supreme Court. According to Article 64 (1) of the 1992 Constitution:
“The validity of the election of the President may be challenged only by a citizen of Ghana who may present a petition for the purpose to the Supreme Court within twenty-one days after the declaration of the result of the election in respect of which the petition is presented”.
The NPP Opposition Party candidate has filed an appeal challenging the declaration of the result by the Electoral Commissioner as to the validity of the President-elect, John Mahama. The President-elect will be in contempt of the Supreme Court if he goes ahead with the Inauguration Ceremony. Our political leaders will have to apply the common sense and the rule of law as crisis prevention. President John Mahama will still remain the President of Ghana until we get the final ruling from the Supreme Court declaring the results valid or invalid and new elections should be held. This is the only way to prevent the political crisis in Ghana and also ensure the legitimacy of the Presidency of John Mahama.
The international observers, the United Nations, the leaders of other Governments, as well as the world media are never mentioned in our Ghana Constitution to be arbiters, validate or invalidate our electoral process and results in Ghana. The Supreme Court should therefore impose an injunction order to stop the inauguration of the President-elect John Mahama as President following the declaration by the Electoral Commissioner in the Decmber 5th Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The decision should be based on the Ghana Supreme Court’s ruling on the appeal by the Opposition candidate, Nana Akuffo-Addo, since the appeal has been accepted by the Ghana Supreme Court. What is complicated about this? Logic reason and common sense should prevail over emotions and power corruption.
Ghana’s new found political maturity and stability must equally be admired and respected by the very international community who prefer to interfere with our Constitution and how best to interpret it to declare the President of Ghana. Ghana has a chance to once again prove to ourselves and outside world that we are the Black Stars shining over many dark corners of the African continent. Let there be no political violence. All the leaders of the Parties in Ghana should advice their supporters accordingly to be peaceful. We don’t need the Military, the Police or any Security Forces to roam in our villages, towns, and cities to rape our women and kill our unarmed civilians in pretext of securing peace.
Happy New Year. Ghanaians will be dancing our Highlife music, for we are happy people. We even sing ang and dance while mourning at funerals. Lets show to the outside world, the richness of our traditions and culture. The Chiefs, the Queen-mothers and our overwhelming Christian institutions with the Clergy will play very important variety of roles including Prayers and Libations to end this en passé peaceful for our democracy to endure. Thank you, Prof. George Ayittey, for opening the way for my response and your work with me under the Free Africa Foundation.
Felix Amankona Diawuoh
Colorado Springs. CO.
January 6, 2013
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