We are indeed entering into a very interesting realm. I woke up the other day to learn that the occupant of the Golden Stool has been petitioned to stop the Electoral Commission from conducting its legitimate business.
Strange might not be the exact word, even the old nurse, now adding up to the furniture in the living room, appears to be sure that the petitions submitted by the two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) might be a complete waste of royal time and effort. How is His Royal Majesty gong to summon Madam at the Adabraka head office to abandon whatever she and her other commissioners are doing and rush to the Palace to hear a summons the Great King has no mandate over?
Many things the King has done. He intervened in the events of HIPC and succeeded in getting this society to reach the completion point within two years. Great is thy faithfulness, a Methodist hymn gives mankind the faith. But this is one assignment neither John Wesley nor his clergy brother, Charles, could compose a song of faith on.
The issue could be that simple. The Electoral Commission intends to open a new voters’ register to prepare the electorate towards the next polls. Those who believe the commission has no power to do so, could either head to the courts, or simply stay away from the vote. Even though one leg is already in the grave, the bald old academic intends to drag the old nurse to the registration centre the moment the exercise begins.
“Every year without a tombstone is a mile stone,” one British comedian said.
The views expressed in this article are the author’ own and do not necessarily reflect The Chronicle’s editorial stance
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