Lawyer and Dean of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) Law School has raised concern over the increasing spate of verbal abuse amongst political actors and members, particularly on social media.

Professor Kofi Abotsi who was speaking on Joy News’ Newsfile Saturday, stressed that a section of Ghanaians have lost civility of demonstrating respect when politicking.

Citing the moment Senator John McCain defended his rival, former President Barak Obama against a racist voter in the 2008 presidential election, the private legal practitioner preached for such decorum to be replicated in the country.

“We’ve lost the decorum not only in our politics but our public square generally. If you belong to Whatsapp groups, you can tell the extent to which people basically have no sense of civility and have no sense of maturity and sometimes you just don’t engage.

“They want to drag you in the mud and you do not want to play according to that rule,” he told host Samson Anyenini.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 2020 elections is experiencing tantrums that seems far from over.

Members of the NDC in March were at odds with the leadership of the Minority in Parliament following the vetting of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees.

The party’s Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi in an article on Facebook accused Speaker Alban Bagbin, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu and Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak of serving their own interest against the interest of the party.

But in a rebuttal, Mr Bagbin in an interview stated that he was Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament and not Speaker of any party.

This called for the intervention of the leadership of the NDC. Caucus meetings were held with the leaders of Parliament and calm prevailed.

Just this week, Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama fractions have locked horns not only on who should lead the party in 2024, but also evaluating the values on which the party was established.

For some time now, some groups and individuals have embarked on a series of demonstrations and held forums charging the NDC leadership to produce collated figures or pink sheets of the 2020 elections.

The legal practitioner has, however, advised members of the party to resolve its conflicts behind closed doors.

He insisted that disunity is the recipe for the defeat of any political contesting for power.

“So if you handle your conflict publicly, as it’s ongoing at the moment, and if the conflict appears vituperative, and it’s going out of control, there’s the danger that some of these factions or the perceived factions may become perpetualised.”