NPP condemns Mahama’s attempt to ‘politicize’ security forces

Politics of Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Source: angel online

2020-11-03

The New Patriotic Party (PNP) has condemned former President John Mahama for inciting the public against the country’s security forces ahead of the December 7 elections.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, November 2, 2020, the NPP deputy for the Mpraeso constituency in the eastern region, Seth Kwame Acheampong, said that Mahama’s behavior is despicable.

“We wish to draw attention to some despicable non-presidential comments made by candidate John Dramani Mahama over the weekend about our security officers. It is shocking that a former commander of the Ghanaian Armed Forces tells dangerous lies about the security of the nation, ”he said.

He added: “We strongly condemn these despicable comments by candidate Mahama and the recent attempts by the NDC to politicize our security forces. His statements are totally false and unfounded and he should be ashamed of himself. “

According to the PNP, Mr. Mahama has seen the posters on the wall that he will lose hugely, and is therefore using intimidation tactics to prevent Ghanaians from going out to vote.

“John Mahama has been using his campaign rallies not so much to get support for his message as he has no message. More and more, he sounds more and more like a candidate who has already accepted defeat. It has been on the ground and knows very well that it is not on the ground.

“The public does not trust his message of change. His negative campaign against Akufo-Addo and the PNP is getting him nowhere and it is because people know better; they feel better and know the difference between Nana and Mahama.

“John Mahama has spent his campaign time vilifying the Election Commission. Meanwhile, 68% of Ghanaians, including NDC supporters, are happy with the work that Jean Mensa and the EC are doing, ”he noted.

Acheampong further noted that Mahama is only preparing the ground for rejecting the poll results.

He continued: “John Mahama’s dirty campaign against Akufo-Addo is not working because 70% of Ghanaians, including supporters of the NDC, approve of the work that Nana Akufo-Addo is doing as president. The truth is hurting candidate Mahama.

“So it seems that the only thing left for candidate Mahama is to prepare the ground for a rejection of the results of the general elections on December 7, 2020.”

Therefore, he assured public opinion that “December 7, 2020 will be peaceful. Every election since 1992 has been more peaceful than the last. This is despite the occasional skirmishes we see in by-elections like Atiwa, Akwatia, Chereponi, Talensi, and most recently Ayawaso West Wuogon. 2020 will be no exception. Everything will be fine “.

A win for NPP

“President Akufo-Addo and the PNP are winning simply because the people of Ghana appreciate the remarkable efforts that this government has made and continues to make to improve the lives of ordinary Ghanaians across the country. Equally, more importantly, people know that the alternative is the NDC under John Mahama, the worst president of the Fourth Republic.

“The nuclear power plant is winning for sure. NDC knows. But, that sentiment on the ground means nothing if people don’t go out in his number to vote on December 7. The greatest security for the 2020 general elections is that you the voters will come out en masse to vote for Akufo-Addo and the NPP. Give John Mahama a clear, decisive and unanswerable defeat. Just as he received a ‘non-manipulative’ margin of defeat in 2016, we must even do better and make sure that he will have no excuse to try to cause trouble after December 7, 2020. Let’s just thumb it up.

“The impartiality of our police and security forces is essential to the success of our democracy and the maintenance of peace. Mr. Mahama’s recent comments are an insult to the proud men and women of our security forces, who have dedicated themselves to serving their communities with honor and without partisanship.

“This is a blatant attempt by the Mahama campaign to distract voters from the fact that they have nothing to offer the people of Ghana and thus have resorted to trying to undermine the integrity of our elections,” he added.