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Political analyst and Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Jonathan Asante Okyere, is warning against the subtle militarization of the Ghanaian society.
This, he said, portends a dangerous development for the state giving the fact that Ghanaians in one voice decided soldiers be confined to the barracks when the 1992 Constitution was adopted.
According to him, the subtle infiltration of the army into civilian matters and the pretence of making it look natural, and the art of normalizing their irregular interaction with civilians should be condemned.
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Speaking on TV3’s analytical Saturday morning talk show, The Key Points, Mr. Asante Okyere stated that it was for very good reason that in Ancient Rome, Generals returning to Rome as Senators were compelled by law to disband their armies before entering the city.
The Military, he said, have a particular function and expressed worry that the functions being assigned to them these days are those that should be performed by the police.
“Gradually making them literally feel as if they are civilians is very dangerous.”
“It appears where we find ourselves right now is not the right place and by the time we realize this danger, they would have taken over the country through a Coup d’état of some sort,” he said.
He stated that the presence of military personnel during the registration exercise last year and other similar events have created a bizarre narrative that ought to be stopped.
He warned that this unwarranted use of the army, if not stopped, could continue even when there is a change of government, which could take it to a very different level.
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According to him, at the end of it all, it is the ordinary Ghanaian who will feel the negative impact of some of these policy directions that the military will be involved in.
Speaking of the invasion of the Chamber of Parliament on the midnight of 6th January into the 7th, during the election of the Speaker, Mr. Asante Okyere observed that the presence of the armed soldiers was an assault on Ghana’s democracy.
Nobody, he said, should justify what happened for any reason and stressed that the fact that the incident has still not been dealt with should be a major concern for Ghanaians.
He rebuffed claims that the invasion was the sole act of an unnamed commander and argued no Military officer could take such decision to move troops without political influence.
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FrontPageGhana.com
