Former President John Mahama lost the 2016 presidential election due to the governing New Patriotic Party’s “efficient deceptive campaign,” the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Alhassan Suhuyini has stated.
According to him, the NPP’s promises heading into the elections were so enticing that Ghanaians gullibly bought into them.
Mahama lost the 2016 presidential election collecting 44.4 percent of valid votes cast to Akufo-Addo’s 53.85 percent.
Mr. Suhuyini’s remarks were in reaction to a research conducted by some political science lecturers at the University of Ghana that stated that some comments by the former president ahead of the 2016 polls led to his awful performance.
The research also attributed the failure of the NDC to win the elections on their over reliance on the so called unprecedented infrastructural development by the administration.
It also blamed the inability of the former vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to counter the economic reviews of the government by the then running mate of the NPP, now vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Addressing the media on their findings, one of the researchers and lecturer, Alex Frimpong said the release of the Montie three also contributed to the NDC’s electoral misfortune.
“The first factor was the confusion of whether NDC was seeking a second or third term. NDC over relied on the unprecedented infrastructure development. Issues of impunity of government appointees; they had become prophets of who should and others who could never become President,” he noted.
He added: “You also remember the pressure the government appointees put on the president to release the Montie three. But the President also had his own slip ups; ‘Ghanaians have short memory’, ‘Ashanti and the golden roads’, ‘Only former President can debate me’, ‘the sleeping Opana on the Western roads’ and ‘Opana will destool chiefs’.
“You also remember Vice President Amissah-Arthur could not answer any of the 170 questions Dr. Bawumia put to him”.
But speaking Friday on Morning Starr, the Tamale North lawmaker said for him he believes Mahama lost the elections due to the NPP’s well-crafted illusionary campaign message.
“It was because of a very efficient deceptive campaign that the NPP run. Very, very effective deceptive campaign,” he told Morning Starr.
Meanwhile, the Kwesi Botchwey committee set up by the NDC to gather information from the various regions on why the party lost the elections is yet to complete its work.
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He thinks all Ghanaians ar like the people in his constituency that he succeeded in deceiving them to vote for him. This guy is leaving a bad legacy for himself. At least tell one truth to Ghanaians and we will be ok. To continue preaching lies when you know they are lies is very dangerous. Stop it!!!
What is wrong with this boy? An ***barred word*** political sycophant who was busily using radio to run down the then opposition NPP turns around to accuse NPP of lies. NPP is a God-sent party to save Ghana and put Africa on the limelight. So mark my words; what ever bad thing you and your NDC wish for the NPP will not come to pass.
The liars npp, lied thier way to power, will continue to lie and will always lie.
THE NDC WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE ON FANTACY ISLAND.MOST GHANAIANS ARE NOT IDIOOOTS. OUR EYES ARE WILD OPEN.GONE ARE THE DAYS JUST OUT OF IGNORANCCCCS AND DECEIT,RAWLINGS MANUPULATED THE MINDS OF A FEW FEEBLE GHANAIANS TO PROPEL HIM TO THE REALM ONLY TO STEALLLL AND ENRICH HIMSELF WHILES THE GENUINE ONE WHO ACQUIRES A LOAN TO BE PAID BACK NOT STEALLIIING IS GUN DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.THE NDC WILL SURELY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR DEEDS.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
If we have this praise singers around mahama ,how can he be a good leader.Mahama must check the people around him.
This tone deaf id!ot is just unhinged. He thought he was going to join the ***barred word*** and ***barred word*** ndc govt to enrich his sorry st*p!d self . Ghanaians don't continue to support incompetent buffoons, crooks and ***barred word*** to govern them
I disagree with some of the conclusions of this research team. Ghanaians are not stup*d you know. Mahama lost simply because of the following. Ineptitude,extreme hardships brought upon the people,massive ***barred word*** of the national treasury,the constant nonsensical things his assigns said on radio and TV,arrogance of power,and lastly a totally moribund campaign[whiles his opponents were promosing heaven on earth,he was harping on a few buildings and bridges forgetting that there are people living in Nima who had never seen the Kwame Nkrumah Circle]and lastly his disdain for the intelligence of the Ghanaian.These people's work is purely an academic exercise.
So ***barred word*** like NDC Suhuyini are still talking. Master, Mahama lost as result of Incompetence, Babies with Sharp Teeth Language, Massive Corruption, Create, loot, and Share, High Taxes, 3 Years of No Light. Suhuyini did you eat dog meat today for you to open your smelling mouth,
THESE 1DIII000TS THINK WE ARE F0000LLS IN GHANA HUH? WE WILL SHOW YOU AGAIN IN 2020
please credit Ghanaians with some common sense.Are we so stew pid that we cant notice what was going on unless we we told? have you notice that interest rate on borrowing from Barclays has drop to 25% from 31%? please spare us and let us enjoy the BETTER Ghana.