Osei Yeboah for President

Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com

By William Yaw Owusu

Monday May 2, 2011.
A 42 year old Electrical Engineer, Jacob Osei Yeboah has declared his intention to contest the 2012 Presidential Elections as an independent candidate, promising to give both heavyweights; the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), a good match.

He says the current system of democracy where the President is elected on the basis of political affiliation will continually breed conflicts, destabilization and polarization and says “the time has come for the search of a new democratic construct that will be relevant to the peculiar multi-ethnic societies.”

Declaring his intentions to be President at a well attended news conference in Accra on Thursday, Mr. Osei Yeboah who prefers to be called JOY said Ghana since independence has become a client state, evermore dependent and the people have become shadows of themselves.

He said the 2012 elections will mark the beginning of a new world order when the untested democratic governing system and structures will emerge to stop political intolerance, economic stagnation and socio-cultural deprivation.

“The time has come for us to begin to embrace a new leadership that feels, sees and understand the heartbeat of Ghanaians.”

Mr. Osei Yeboah said when elected, he will offer a leadership that is not imposing, despotic, partisan and divisive and would seek and solicit the views of the masses as well as mobilize the people to harness the resources of the country for development.

He said when elected, he will lead a campaign to ensure that all Presidents are elected not based on the formation of political parties so that the political parties could concentrate on electing people to the legislature.

“My leadership would see a paradigm shift from the governance style of the tyranny of the majority in parliament. There will be a definite shift from the inordinate pursuit of parochial interest in the service of a party or mafia within a political party and not that of the state and its people.”

“The winner-takes-all system, tyranny of the majority in parliamentary decision processes, one-man one-vote, non-participation system has relegated, displaced and misplaced the real energy inherent in the Ghanaian and African traditional values.”

He said “the emerging Ghana and entire Africa do not need politicians to do politics with our lives and confuse us. Ghana needs thinkers, initiators, builders, and a leadership with insight and perspective. It needs men and women with burdened hearts for its people.”

Mr. Osei Yeboah said he will is determined to leave indelible impression on Ghana’s political history when elected saying “I will continually focus on empowering the business community to create wealth for all the people.”

He said the time has come for Ghanaians to speak out against eulogizing “mediocrity, non-performance, hypocrisy and thievery” and hold leaders accountable for their actions.

“Election 2012 is not about an individual or a political party ascending to power for the sake of it but about the future of Ghana and the entire Africa where the leadership is capable of managing its human and material resources for the benefit of all.”