Many NDC bigwigs are blaming former President John Mahama for the defeat the party suffered in the 2016 general elections, but former Member of Parliament for the Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region has begged to differ.
According to him, the defeat the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) experienced in the 2016 elections was a collective failure of all party officials including himself as certain policies they implemented pushed the NDC into opposition.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Baba Jamal disclosed that policies like scrapping teacher and nursing trainees allowances in an election year brought the downfall of the party.
He again stated that the defeat of the NDC was largely caused by the increase in the Electoral College during the party’s primaries as it brought disunity into the party.
“I realised that our primaries caused our defeat due to the disintegration it brought. The mode of selecting Parliamentary Candidates was wrong and we shouldn’t try it again. Every seat we won by 2000 or 3000 votes, we lost them all in the 2016 election, and so clearly, it was the primaries which caused those loses,” he said.
He further asserted that the failure of the party to stop MCEs, DCEs and Ministers who were not MPs and Presidential Staffers to contest sitting NDC MPs in the primaries also caused the NDC fortunes in the 2016 election, as many of the sitting MPs lost their seats to government appointees with full understanding that the appointees have the support of the President.
“Initially we suggested that MCEs, DCEs, Ministers who are not MPs and Presidential Staffers shouldn’t contest any sitting NDC MP. The issue was that when the Presidential Staffer and appointees contested a sitting NDC MP, the perception was that the President was in support of the Staffers and the Appointees, and that brought bickering in the party, especially when the MPs lost their seats to the Staffers and Appointees,” he asserted.
“Ministers and Appointees attitudes toward party members whenever they visit their offices brought anger as the foot soldiers sometimes sit for many hours without anybody attending to them. These are the three major issues which caused our downfall in the 2016 election, and it is not the President who didn’t do his work well,” he indicated.
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NOT ONCE DID THE NDC CRITISED THE EC, EITHER PRIVATELY OR OPENLY. ALL THEY DID WAS TO SING THEIR PRAISES AS WELL AS ACTING AS THEIR PRO'S. SO, IT WAS CLEAR THE EC WAS IN BED WITH THE RULING PARTY. GHANAIANS SAW THIS AND MORE SO THE IGP ALSO TRIED TO MURDY THE WATERS WHEN HE TRIED TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS ALL ON AN ATTEMPT TO HELP NDC RIG THE ELECTIONS. WHAT ABOUT THE NUMEROUS COURT CASES AGAINST THE EC FOR NOT PROVIDING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL CONTESTANTS. SO, AS FAR AS THE NDC WAS CONCERNED, THEY HAD PAID THEIR DUES(BRIBES) TO THE EC SO COME WHAT MAY, THEY WOULD WIN THE ELECTIONS HANDS DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, GOD WAS NOT ON THEIR SIDE, AND LUCK ELUDED THEM, THIS TIME AROUND EVEN THOUGH EC DID ALL THEY VOULD TO TIG THE ELECTIONS FOR THE NDC. REMEMBER THE PHRASE:" WE ARE IN A COMFORTABLE LEAD" WAS AN ATTEMPT TO COMPEL THE EC TO FULFIL THEIR PART OF THE DEAL. NPP WAS LUCKY, THEY DECLARED THE RESULTS EARLY ENOUGH TO PUT TO BED ANY ATTEMPT TO RIG THE ELECTIONS. THANK GOD, THE MEDIA ALSO PLAYED THEIR ROLE EFFECTIVELY BUT THE CLAIM BY THE EC THAT ITS MACHINES HAD BEEN HACKED, SUGGESTED A SINISTER MOTIVE, NOT TO MENTION THE DAYS ON END, FOR THEM TO COME OUT TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS. THE EC AND HER TRAM ARE A DISASTER AND A DISGRASE TO THE NATION. GHANAIANS NEED A NEW TEAM OF EC TO MANAGE OUR ELECTIONS ELSE ANY PARTY IN POWER CAN EASILY BRIBE THEIR WAY TO POWER. PERSONALLY, IF I HAD MY OWN WAY,THE EC AND HER ENTIRE TEAM SHOULD BE SACKED; THEY ARE NATION WRECKERS.
@ Bruno they say the end Justifies the needs. Let us wait and see 2020 if they (NPP) have been able to achieve what NDC could not achieve in their 8 years. I hope this time round, the state purse will NOT be handled ***barred word*** as it was being shared for the past 8 years. By they by that 4 years coming, those with peoples money have been collected and used for the benefits of the MAJORITY of Ghanaians.
Baba Jamal, the major issue why Ghanaians voted against the NDC is coz you are all th.13ves, the st3alin was too much, from the president to the last person who held various positions in the country, the rapin of the country's purse from left,right, center was what made Ghanaians to disgrac3 shaaaaml3sss party like the NDC, Day light robb3ry and corruption, coz the president was the leader of the loouuters, so was free for us all. Who dar3s point to the other as a th.i3ve, coz you were all St3alers, stop doing tribal politics and propaganda coz the reality will always expose you
I must state again that l regret voting for the NPP. If it was incompetence that was the yardstick, it is worst in this government. The policies proposed are now achievements. Policy directions are not clear as to what exactly they are going to be implemented. Very chaotic and lousy!
the monies u looted that made u lose,u will return them and go to jail in addition, mahaha is the main reason, he is incompetent, not fit to rule ,, he is a disaster and a clerk not a president, period, from gh people
I have followed the discussions and information about the reasons why the NDC lost the 2016 elections. Most of the factors are contributing factors, but I wonder why the NDC themselves fail to add the fact that, their tribal politics against Akans and mainly Ashantis hurt them so much! The mahama telling his people in the north to vote for him gave the signals to Akans to also vote for their own! So the NDC should never forget about this ***barred word*** issues they are always involve in!
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Baba Jamal you forget to mention arrogance on the part of presidential appointees, disrespect by the appointees, lies, corruption on the part of NDC appointees, babies with sharp teeth, incompetence on the part of the young appointees, everyone turning to be a spokesman of the president irrespective of which office he holds. Not differentiating governmental from party issues. An executive member in the party office often times becomes a spokesman to the President instead of the appointed spokesman. In many occasions their responses to issues differs from one another. The family of the President also took a tool and many others.
Please do not forget the non payment of contractors. This reason played a major role in the fall of NDC. The grassroot and party members visits any contractor who is a party member just to begfor 5ghc to feed the families. We contractors were not paid so u can get 5gh for some one in the name of the party. They go out start complaining and cursing. So everybody was fed up, including my self, a Strong party activist who was not paid for one year solid after executing a project.
The arrogance displayed by OPUNI at the COCOBOD.He refusing to meet visitors,behaving like GHANA was his personal property and award of huge COCOA ROAD CONTRACT to few of his cronies angered a lot of NDC followers and made sure NDC LOST the election. Not forgetting the nefarious activities of Minister ANUSAH FUSEINI at the road MINISTRY.The childish attitude of IBRAHIM MAHAMA,taking contractors contract away from them when the Goverment owe them money couple with other appointees arrogance cause the defeat.