A former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, has broken his silence on the call on him to speak on national issues as he used to do under former President John Dramani.
The outspoken man of God has come under criticism over his long silence on national issues.
But speaking at a Public lecture in Koforidua on Tuesday, Prof. Martey said he now uses text messages among other channels to speak to people on matters of national interest.
“Rev. Prof Martey is still speaking but has changed the style. Those I need to communicate with them I communicate. Sometimes through text messages and a lot of things have happened because of my intervention. So I’m still speaking”.
“You know the revelations, practice and procedure of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, the Spirit of our constitution is that the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has only one representative to speak on behalf of the church and that person is the moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana not past moderators but serving moderator. And for me, my understanding of leadership is that especially in the Church’s setting leadership is like a relay race when the baton is given to you [you don’t take it, it’s given to you] , you run as fast as you could and when you get to the next person, you hand over the baton and stop running. If you hand over the baton and you continue running, anyone who does that is mad” he said.
He also admitted that corruption is still perversive in Ghana but says several men of God are reluctant to openly speak due to fear of verbal attacks by the guilty society.
He went on to allege that some men of God accept bribes which come as gifts from politicians to silence them, while others refuse to speak out because their tribesmen are in power.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
