{"id":1229021,"date":"2022-10-19T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/it-is-wicked-to-place-political-party-above-nation-fifi-kwetey\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T17:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:26:25","slug":"it-is-wicked-to-place-political-party-above-nation-fifi-kwetey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/it-is-wicked-to-place-political-party-above-nation-fifi-kwetey\/","title":{"rendered":"It is wicked to place political party above nation &#8211; Fifi Kwetey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fiifi-Kwetey.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>A General Secretary aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says under no circumstances should the interest of a political party be projected that of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on <strong>Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosiisen<\/strong> on Wednesday, Fifi Kwetey said is it wicked to place a political party\u2019s interests above the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, what is happening in our politics today is becoming a situation where people are placing the party above the nation and that is dangerous and wicked. It is wicked to the children, generation to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"8Ugvfpd2emQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It is wicked to place political party above nation  - Fiifi Kwetey\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Ugvfpd2emQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c..Somehow the politicking that is going on in the country now, we are reaching a level where people think to be a party man, you must not be a patriot, meaning there should be a conflict between the interest of the party and what is good for the country. I totally disagree and I vehemently disagree, I will absolutely disagree with anyone who thinks that way whether NPP or NDC,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, citizens with such mindsets are dangerous to the country\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n<p>This he explained is because \u201cpolitical parties are supposed to be the vehicles for the well-being of the nation and not the other way round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the former Transport Minister and NDC Propaganda Secretary stated that if a political party cannot be a force for the development of the country, it should cease operations in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A General Secretary aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says under no circumstances should the interest of a political party be projected that of the nation. Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosiisen on Wednesday, Fifi Kwetey said is it wicked to place a political party\u2019s interests above the nation. \u201cUnfortunately, what is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1229023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}