Each of us will always have a political party’s flagbearer of choice. However, when it comes to the presidency, someone else may choose him for you.
You may vote for one person, but another may win.
The interesting thing is that after an election victory, a candidate ceases to be the flagbearer of a particular party and becomes the president of the nation we all belong to.
I almost did not realize that the president I did not vote for was still my president, whether I liked him or not.
Accepting Donald Trump as the president of the whole of America may be a bitter pill for many to swallow.
He may have wrongfully accused you of eating your neighbors’ cats and dogs, but he is still your president.
Many refuse to accept a president when the one they voted for does not win. That is why there is always resistance from the opposition—whether from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Each wishes that the one in power fails miserably, so when the other comes to power, they refuse to recognize what the predecessor has done.
The way we are polarized politically, I can prophesy that many will suspend recognizing their president for the next four years after January 7, 2025.
I don’t have the prophecy of who will win, though some prophets have already given all the prophecies, leaving none for some of us.
What will be the signs to show that you have suspended having a president?
In the first place, the president can never do anything right in your eyes.
Secondly, you will always forward the negative things published about him on all platforms.
Thirdly, you will not feel happy when he succeeds. “For the ball to enter the net, you would prefer a corner kick instead.”
Also, you will insult him/her as the most useless Ghanaian citizen. Forgive me for stepping on your toes.
In this area, many Christians have been very hypocritical. God still demands sincerity from all of us.
Please don’t be offended, but I too, at some point, suspended recognizing the president after my elder brother, who was a father figure to me, suffered during the days of the revolution.
But for the kindness of Major Courage Quarshigah, he might not have returned from Gonda Barracks.
Of course, after four years of interdiction, all his entitlements were paid to him because he was exonerated.
Years later, he became an MP for Ayensuano during Ex-President Kufuor’s eight-year rule, which made me more NPP-inclined.
My elder brother, the late Godfred Okyere, was not the only one who suffered.
One day, my elder sister Christie saw my late brother Kofi run into her sitting room, covered in “kenkey pepper.”
“Kofi, what happened?” Christie asked. “Hmm, sister, ask again,” Kofi started. “I was going to buy kenkey, and some soldiers came complaining that the price of the kenkey was not controlled.
My punishment for buying kenkey at an uncontrolled price was to carry the bowl of kenkey pepper, squat, and stand intermittently.
It was so embarrassing that, while the soldiers’ attention was off me, I ran through the crowd, pouring the pepper all over me.” That day, Kofi became the kenkey, with pepper all over him.
Experiences like these can influence our choice of a political party.
At times, such reasons are so painful that we don’t want to hear the name of the source of our pain.
So when someone from another persuasion wins the presidency, it is difficult to accept him as your president.
We understand your pain. We empathize with you. Also, we trust that over time, God will heal you. 3y3 zu; eshie wrado wrado wrado.