The NDC’s painful defeat suffered at the hands of its bitterest political opponent has caused some disappointed members, including former Ejusi Juaben municipal chief executive, to mention names of certain key party and government officials whose actions and inactions they claim caused the NDC’s downfall.
“We all need to sit down and reflect on the defeat because all of us, including President Mahama, failed to get in touch with the people. This defeat is humiliation to all of us. How can an opposition party get 171 seats in parliament? I cannot understand that, we failed to work well, hence the defeat.” Source: classfmonline. com - The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), including President John Mahama, for years were out of touch with the grassroots of the party, hence the massive defeat in the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections, Alhaji Sani Mohammed, a founding member and former vice chair of the NDC in the Ashanti Region, has said.
Proverb: "It's more difficult to wake up a man who is pretending to be sleeping than a man who is really sleeping." Chief of Akwapem Asetieso in the Eastern Region, Nana Abedi said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the just ended elections due to arrogance exhibited by some national executives of the party as well as President John Dramani Mahama.
According to the traditional ruler who was speaking on Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa morning show with Bright Kwesi Asempa, said the display of open opulence getting to the December 7 elections was the order of the day, as long convoy were seen following the President throughout his campaign tour. “We’ll not allow them to disgrace Mahama a second time. We’ve vowed to let these small boys know that there are elders in NDC with vast political experience and they’ll manage our future flagbearer. We have the likes of Kojo Tsikata, Ato Ahwoi, Totobi Kwakye, Iddrisu Mahama and Issifu Ali, these are the people who will work with our next leader. As for these small boys, we’ll fight them. Politics is no child‘s play”, Source: kasapafmonline. com - Former National Organizer of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Yaw Boateng Gyan has said he and other elders of the party have vowed to resist any attempt to allow persons he describes as “small boys” to manage President John Mahama if he should be elected as the Flagbearer of the NDC in the future.
Source: classfmonline. com - The Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has said the inability of smaller parties to win parliamentary seats during last week’s elections will stifle the country’s quest for a multi-party democracy.
Ghana’s parliament has been controlled by the two main parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), since 1992. Source: citifmonline. com - The reported disturbances perpetrated by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have been exaggerated, the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, Sammy Awuku, has asserted.
He expressed concern over the impression that the disturbances were rampant nationwide describing them as reckless acts of mischief geared towards causing fear and panic. Source: thechronicle. com . ghThe Upper West Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sissala West, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani has announced his retirement from politics, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the just ended parliamentary election.
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