RIDDIMSGHANA has
established that the NDC 2020 flagbearer has launched a fresh attack on
President Akufo Addo.
Mr. John Mahama’s recent counter comment directed at
Akudo Addo has attracted mixed reactions by Ghanaians, thereby making most of
them talking unceasingly.
Citing GhanaWeb report, the Former President John
Dramani Mahama cannot comprehend why President Akufo-Addo will be preaching
consensus building in respect of the new Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin who
was elected from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the next
day, the Police will be charging NDC parliamentarians for unlawful assembly.
President Akufo-Addo in his
inaugural speech on 7 December 2021 told the new speaker of parliament from the
opposition side of his readiness to work with him to advance the peace,
progress and prosperity of the Ghanaian people.
“Together, you and I will be
chartering new territory in the governance and politics of the 4th Republic,
for this is the first time in the life of this Republic that a President from
one party will be obliged, by the exigencies of the moment and the will of the
people, to work, in all sincerity and co-operation, with a Speaker of
Parliament from another party.
“I’m confident both of us will be guided in our
relationship by the supreme interest of our people in ensuring good governance
in the ordering of the affairs of state.
“I want to assure you of my wholehearted
determination to work with you to advance the peace, progress and prosperity of
the Ghanaian people. Once again, many congratulations to you and the re-elected
and new Members of Parliament,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.
But Mr Mahama has likened the President’s call for consensus
building to the doctrines of “newspeak”.
Otherwise, how else can it be
said that the President was in Kumasi preaching consensus building in respect
of the newly elected opposition Speaker of Parliament, and the very next
morning, the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander was serving a Court process
on the said Speaker, charging leadership of the NDC Parliamentary Caucus for
unlawful assembly in respect of their procession/ walk to the EC to deliver a
petition on Techiman South.
“I can’t think far”.
It is recalled that the state, represented by the Ghana
Police Service, has dragged Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu and 10 other
opposition MPs to court for embarking on a march to the office of the Electoral
Commission in contravention of the Public Order Act.
They have also been charged with unlawful assembly.
The other 10 MPs are Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Samuel
George, John Abdulai Jinapor, Rockson Nelson Etse Kwami Defiamekpor, Ras
Mubarak, Mutawakilu Adam, Ebenezer Okletey Yerlabi, Dr Kwabena Donkor, Bashir
Alhassan Fuseini and Kwabena Mintah Akando.
There was a near-violent standoff between the
Minority Caucus in Parliament and about 100 heavily armed riot police officers
on Tuesday, 22 December 202, as the marching lawmakers tried forcing their way
into the headquarters of the Electoral Commission, which is about a kilometre
from the Office of Parliament, to present a petition to the election management
body concerning the election results declared for the Techiman South
constituency after the recently-held general elections.
The MPs, led by Mr Iddrisu, were mostly clad in black
and kept daring the armed police officers to “shoot us” and “kill us”.
The police said the MPs needed to have served notice
of their protest to the law enforcement body in accordance with the Public
Order Act but the MPs said they were just taking a walk, reported Class FM’s
parliamentary correspondent Charles Akrofi, who marched along with the crowd
amidst the melee.
The protest march by the Minority Caucus followed
several pockets of demonstration across the country by members of the NDC
against the Electoral Commission and its management, who they have accused of
stealing victory for the incumbent in the December 2020 election.
Out of the 13,119,460 total valid votes cast,
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) polled 6,730,587 votes representing 51.302 per cent.
His closest contender, Mr Mahama
of the NDC, polled 6,213,182 representing 47.359 per cent.
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