The automatic losers of the 2020 elections are too many

Opinions on Monday, October 26, 2020

Columnist: Wisdom KE Hammond

2020-10-26

The elections on December 7 in Ghana will be one big contest of the automatic losers of the 2020 elections are too many. This year’s presidential election would be contested by 12 candidates, but I bet the automatic losers are countless.

The outcome of the 2020 elections will undoubtedly be between Nana Akuffo Addo of the PNP and John Dramani Mahama of the NDC. The remaining 10 would not come close to the NPP and NDC votes.

These 10 other candidates have done this nation a disservice by not even thinking of forming a formidable third force by coming together to present a candidate, pooling their resources and efforts to fight for the power of the twin evils (NDC and NPP) of the fourth republic.

The individualistic mindset of the 9 smallest parties and the independent candidate who made it onto the ballot for the 2020 general election is this nation’s next big problem.

We have been crying out for a formidable third force on Ghana’s political landscape, but it will not be in 2020.

If these ten other contestants are hungry for electoral victory in the 2020 elections, they should have built a synergy by forming a united front. A United Front Party (UFP) of these smaller parties that will not win the 2020 general election should start to get their attention. They must think about the collective interest of the masses calling for a third force in 2024. Ghana is tired of their little or no influence as individual units.

Yet who among them is willing to sacrifice his personal ambition to become president-elect? Your personal ambitions and reasons for participating in elections year after year are the guiding steps in your search. But why fight a battle when you know you will suffer a great loss?

Most, if not all, may be taking advantage of this opportunity to realize their personal dreams, build a rich resume, or some other ambition.

This is the reason why Ghanaians would not give any importance to his candidacy in any election. Before the battle lines are drawn on December 7, Ghanaians know that the automatic losers from the 2020 elections are too many.

Qualified candidates for the election are President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), former President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the People’s Convention Party ( CPP) Mr. Kofi Akpaloo from the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Ms. Brigitte Dzogbenuku from the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings from the National Democratic Party (NDP).

The rest are Ms. Akua Donkor from the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Mr. Christian Kwabena Andrews from the Ghana Trade Union Movement (GUM), Mr. Asiedu Walker, an independent candidate; Mr. Hassan Ayariga from All People’s Congress (APC), Mr. David Apasera from the National People’s Convention (PNC) and Mr. Henry Herbert Lartey from the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)

By virtue of the low power of the 3-13 candidates and their inability to influence voters and the results of December 7, 2020, it makes the NPP and NDC more attractive and draws the battle line between the two. The 5 disqualified candidates should also start to see a union party as the way forward if we are to send the NDC and NPP into opposition in 2024.

One or some of the other 10 candidates must begin to show leadership as they begin the crusade to form a United Front Party (UFP) for the 2024 elections because heaven knows that none of them have the ability to win the December elections. 2020. Each of the other ten candidates who will be on the ballot for the December 7, 2020 elections knows that they will get less than 5% of the total votes that day.

This article is not to disparage their dreams and aspirations, but to express the bitter truth that these automatic losers of the 2020 election must unite if they want to pitch the NDC and NPP into opposition in future elections.

Truth be told, the 2020 elections are a staged battle for the PNP and the NDC. The other 10 made poor investment decisions as individuals and smaller parties to fight the two giants when a common front would have given them a better impact and made them a powerful third force in the next election.

Sad to say, they are dead horses.