Former Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu-Juaben and leading Member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot be blamed for the wranglings at the Electoral Commission (EC).
According to the firebrand politician, it will be untenable for anyone to point accusing fingers at the NPP following the revelations that have been made by the EC Chair, and her two deputies.
The acclaimed Electoral body has dominated the news for the wrong reasons in the past week following a petition from some concerned workers of the EC asking President Akufo Addo to remove the Chairperson from office.
The petition opened the can of worms as EC boss, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwa have subsequently engaged in public spat accusing each other of wrong doing including criminal acts.
The opposition NDC jumped into the fray blaming the NPP and President Akufo Addo for the happenings at the EC.
According to the party, it will resist the “blackmail witch-hunting” of the head of the election management body, Charlotte Osei, who was appointed by the former president, John Mahama.
“Stay off intruding into the operations into the activities of the independent EC,” the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said at a press conference organised by the NDC to assess the president’s first six months in office.
He noted that eventhough the NDC has been able to tolerate the manner in which the president has sacked almost all experienced heads in the civil service and replaced them with NPP members, it will not allow that to happen to the EC Chairperson.
But speaking to Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa FM Wednesday, Yamoah Ponkoh stated that he’s greatly worried over the political stance that has been taken in this matter that has grave consequences on the country’s electoral system going forward.
“I initially also went the political way but looking at the sort of revelations that have come up, it will be wrong for anyone to accuse a political party of instigating the brouhaha. The sort of things that have been put out by the EC boss and her deputies call for serious investigations as some of the issues borders on criminality. They really have a lot of questions to answer over their blame and counter-blame. Ghanaians have a lot to ask them and they also have a lot to tell us about the rot that has transpired there. What is going on doesn’t auger well for Ghana, how do you expect these people to be at the helm of affairs for the 2020 elections when we’ve gotten to know that a commissioner single handedly transfered several votes prior to the general elections. No one should take a political stance on this very disturbing matter.”
Source: kasapafmonline
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For the first time in my life, I salute Yamoah Ponko. This are the type of objectivity that we want in our political landscape. Right is right and wrong is wrong. I wish the likes of the NDC MPs, Haruna, Agbodza et are reading this from Ponko
Nice one there! Factual!!!!
Nix one, well said for this one
Iddrisu MAHAMA is finished forever political. Some of us thought he is a fine gentle man that could make a fine President in future. But how wrong we, especially discerning literate and middle class are. He is completely LOST IT. He has proven he can not think DEEP before opening his mouth in public. So long as some of us are and would, GOD WILLING be around, he would be continually be reminded of his MIS-JUDGEMENT and ***barred word*** press conference on this rather disturbing National Disgrace. As a legal practitioner and learned young legislator, he should have been a little bit cautious and circumspect in his utterances on the issue. I am disappointed and will get my own back where ever he finds himself contesting.
MR YAMOAH IF YOUR NDC PEOPLE WILL PUT AWAY POLITICS AND TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUTH THERE WILL BE IN THIS COUNTRY. ASK HARUNA ABOUT HIS QIUCK RESPONSE TO THE MATTER. WHY DID HE PUT THE BLAME ON NPP?.NOW THE TOP THREE LEADERS ARE AT ONES TROAT. THEY WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND IF THEY ARE FOUND TO BE GUITY MARK IT THOSE WHO DESERVE TO TO GO TO JAIL WILL GO.LET NDC MAKE ALL THE NOICE THEY CAN THE LAWS OF GHANA WILL WILL WORK. NANA ADDO IS LAW ABAIDING CITIZEN AND WILL SEE TO IT THAT THE LAWS WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF GHANAIANS.
Then they should stop wranglings;they have the power to do so.At times we need to forget about these laws and take action.It is these same laws that Ghana has since 2011 not been able to retrieve that Woyome money. COURT,court,court,aaaaaba. I love Ghanaians so much.
Well said. Your utterances in the past have been disturbing but with this one, I give you tumps up.
FOR ONCE THIS GUY IS MAKING SENSE