The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre (KAIPTC), Professor Kwesi Aning has warned that the recent tensions and fisticuffs in Parliament pose a threat to the nation’s stability.

According to him, the tension is beginning to trickle down to the rest of society and this could fuel large scale uprisings and instability in the country.

Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile Saturday, Prof Aning bemoaned the lackluster attitude of politicians to check the recent disturbances that have climaxed national activities and called for a change.

“This goes way back, and let me take it back to say what, 2019 or 2020, I mean, the process of the Voter Registration, the undue violence, the usage of arms by people who sort to manipulate the process and then the dangerous behaviour between the 6^th and 7^th of January 2021 that has basically been brushed under the carpet as if nothing has happened.

“And there were a few of us who were extremely disturbed first about the military’s incursion into Parliament, Parliament’s unwillingness to investigate how that order was given, who was the leader, and then to bring it under control,” he said.

He added that the recent fisticuffs in Parliament are merely a manifestation of a House which is no longer interested in the promotion of Ghanaian interests rather, the parochial interests of their parties.

This he says could fuel citizens’ disenchantment with the political class which may lead to insurrections.

“Subsequent to that we’ve seen a Parliament in which fisticuffs have become increasingly a replacement for the ability to debate, to argue and to present facts in a manner that convinces the other and that has led to a partisanship in which the interest of the generality of the Ghanaian public is no more important. That the tensions in Parliament are beginning to trickle down into society.

“That becomes dangerous and we need to pull back from the brink precisely because when you get into Parliament, much as you’re interested in focusing on your party’s politics, the generality of the interest of the Ghanaian populace is what must drive us,” he said.

“Ghana Incorporated is what must become the central fulcrum around which our politics, our security, our development must manifest itself. Let’s bring Ghana back into the centre of what we do and I can assure you we will be able to maintain the stability, deepen democracy and then spread the development that we are looking for,” he advised.