Outspoken media icon and satirist Kwaku Sintim Misa (KSM) has criticized Ghana’s political party financing structure, calling it one of the biggest enablers of corruption in the country.
The veteran host dissected how political parties raise funds during campaigns, arguing that the current system virtually guarantees corruption in government.
“Political parties survive on money from people who donate to the party,” KSM explained on the KSM show monitored by MyNewsGh.
“They pump in so much money to help the party win. That alone is corruption.”
He said once a party wins power, it owes loyalty not to citizens but to the financiers who bankrolled its victory.
“If someone donates big money to your campaign and you win, how do you go after that same person when he’s caught in a corruption scandal?” he asked.
KSM further hinted that some individuals implicated in corruption-related investigations might have been major donors to the ruling parties.
“Right now I’m hearing, and these are just allegations, that some of the people charged in corruption cases actually contributed bigly, as Trump would say, to the campaigns of those in power,” he remarked.
The broadcaster said this cycle of financial dependence undermines justice and accountability.“
That’s why corruption thrives. You can’t fight corruption with a system that rewards it,” KSM concluded.
