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General news for Thursday, September 17, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-17
Former President, John Dramani Mahama
In September 2019, there was a disagreement between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Manhyia Palace over the role of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II after the 2016 elections.
According to Asantehene, it took his persuasion for John Dramani Mahama to acknowledge the defeat of then-presidential candidate Akufo-Addo after the 2016 elections.
But some prominent NDC members, including former chief of staff Julius Debrah, insisted Asantehene played no role in Mahama’s decision to admit defeat.
However, the discussion did not stop there, as the Manhyia Palace warned the NDC to desist from engaging in public banter with Asantehene.
Asantehene’s spokesman said the road to power runs through the Asanti region, where Otumfuo reigns.
“Calling Otumfuo a liar or allowing his cronies or allowing his people to discredit and vituperate a benefactor who went to the point of pleasing him during his tenure as president, is at least highly regrettable and unforgivable,” he said. said.
“As a politician, you must remember that the Road to Power does not pass through the Manhyia Palace but definitely through the indivisible region of Asante where Otumfuo reigns and that his people will always remember him as an ungrateful politician. He should not forget where the music “Y3n ntie obiara” danced to the chagrin of the broad masses of Asante people who won the Manhyia Palace to the chagrin of many Ghanaians. What a disgusting betrayal of a “son,” he said.
Read the full story originally published by Starrfmonline and curated by GhanaWeb on September 17, 2019
Asantehene Otumfuo spokesman Osei Tutu Baffour Hyiaman Brentuo VI says former President John Mahama will be ungrateful if he underestimates the interventions that King Ashanti has made in his political career so far.
It occurs as a result of the swing between the Manyhia palace and the ex-president’s side on the role of the monarch after the 2016 elections.
Former chief of staff Julius rejected the Otumfuo’s claims that his persuasion caused Mahama to acknowledge the defeat of then-candidate Akufo-Addo after the 2016 elections.
“I declare without equivocation that the decision to award and congratulate Nana Akufo-Addo even before the official results were declared was made by President Mahama himself without any persuasion from anywhere,” Debrah said.
In response to the former chief of staff, Otumfuo Mawerehene said, the king and former president Mahama and the current president, as well as the then electoral commissioner, met twice before leaving power.
“The meeting was between then-now President Akufo-Addo, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, former election commissioner, and Air Force General OJ witnessed the meeting. Mahama will be a colossal ingrate, even his appointment to the vice presidency was mitigated by Otumfuo, when Flt. Lt. Gen. Rawlings did not allow him to be the running mate of the late Professor John Atta-Mills in 2008.
“Calling Otumfuo a liar or allowing his cronies or allowing his people to discredit and vituperate a benefactor who went to the point of pleasing him during his tenure as president, is at least highly regrettable and unforgivable,” he said. said .
He also noted: “As a politician you must remember that the Road to Power does not pass through the Manhyia Palace but definitely through the indivisible region of Asante where Otumfuo reigns, and that his people will always remember him as an ungrateful politician. He should not forget where the music “Y3n ntie obiara” danced to the chagrin of the broad masses of Asante people who won the Manhyia Palace to the chagrin of many Ghanaians. What a disgusting betrayal of a “son.”
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