The Member of Parliament for Korley Klortey, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has assured Ghanaians that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will set a high standard for anti-corruption.
According to her, corruption is the biggest threat to Ghana’s democracy, hence the need for collective action to combat the canker.
Speaking during the campaign launch of the NDC in Tamale in the Northern Region on Saturday, July 27, Dr Agyeman-Rawlings stressed that corruption affects every aspect of Ghanaian life and urged citizens to demand accountability from leaders and work together to combat corruption.
“Do you know that the biggest threat to our democracy is corruption, it is not what you are seeing happening around us in other countries, it is corruption. This is the corruption that has been presided over by this NPP government.
“But today, what we have to do is to promise one another and to promise John Mahama that we will set the bar high when it comes to zero tolerance with respect to corruption.
“The pellets of good governance include accountability, transparency, probity, and integrity but all of this starts with us. When we come to power, we must uphold these principles and guard them dearly if we are to protect this republic of ours. Are we going to make sure that we put an end to the blatant corruption that we are seeing in Ghana? Then we must vote for the NDC.”
The NDC lawmaker added that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes it can buy Ghanaians because of the way politics has been monetised in the country, reemphasising that “enough is enough.”
“Comrades, the reality we are faced with today, is that our politics has become so monetised that these people believe everybody can be bought at a price and we have to prove them wrong. We have to tell them enough is enough,” she added.