Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described President Akufo-Addo’s decision to withdraw the December 17 Referendum as being borne of what he called “running out of options”.
Mr Nketia said he felt the President had no other choice than to give up on what he called dictation, noting that the President had run out of options, living him with no choice than to chicken out because Ghanaians were agitated.
He believes the President’s decision to back down on the Bill was borne out of seeing defeat to a ‘YES’ vote ahead of the referendum. The President in a televised address on Sunday, December 1, 2019 announced the cancellation of the referendum over what he says is lack of consensus among key stakeholders and the Ghanaian populace.
“So fellow Ghanaians, it is of deep regret that I have given instructions to the minister for local government and Rural development to spearhead the process with commendable vigour and dynamism on behalf of the government to abort the process and see to the withdrawal of the bills for the amendment of the constitution both in respect of article 243 (1) and Article 55 (2),” the President announced.
But, speaking in an interview on Adom FM Monday, Mr Nketia questioned the President’s claim of ‘lack of consensus’. “He did not seek the consensus of Ghanaians on this issue so why should he pull out of it claiming there is no consensus,” he quizzed.
He added that instead of the President claiming lack of consensus, he should rather apologize to Ghanaians for his sudden U-Turn. He also debunked rumours that President Akufo-Addo met with former President John Mahama to have discussions on the referendum.
“When did Akufo-Addo meet with Mahama and other parties? What does he do when he meets with former Presidents on national issues? He only meets with them and talks that’s all, he fails to take actions on any discussions he holds with them,” he added.
Source: Adom News
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NDC ASKED FOR NO VOTE * PRESIDENT CALLS FOR NO REFERENDUM* NO VOTE MEANS NOTHING TO BE CHANGED* NO REFERENDUM MEANS NOTHING TO BE CHANGED* NDC IS STILL TROUBLED AND AGITATED* NDC IS BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES* AND IS FULL OF INCONSISTENCY* NO AGREEMENT BETWEEN NDC MPs* AND NDC PARTY STATEMENTS* GOD, PLEASE, TAKE CARE OF THEIR CONFUSION* TO KEEP GHANA FOCUS AND GIVE GHANA PEACE*
I WONDERED YESTERDAY WHY THE MOTION TO ELECT MMDCEs SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN TOGETHER WITH THE REFERENDUM TO DECIDE WHETHER POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL LEVEL ELECTIONS. THE TWO ISSUES ARE NOT THE SAME. I WAS ANGRY FOR THE MMDCEs ELECTION MOTION TO BE WITHDRAWN. UPON SECOND THOUGHT I SEEM TO AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT. THE TWO PROVISIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AND ONE DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE OTHER, YET LIKE THE REFERENDUM THE NPP GOVERNMENT NEED NDC IN PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT. THE DECEPTION OF NDC TO ATTACK THE REFERENDUM MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE TRUSTED TO SUPPORT THE MOTION AS WELL. THE NPP GOVERNMENT CANNOT RELY ON NDC TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT MOTION TO ELECT THE MMDEs. THE SABOTAGE OF THE REFERENDUM REVEALS MUCH ABOUT NDC. FIRST NDC DID NOT LIKE CREATING OF SIX NEW REGIONS. THEY PRETENDED TO SUPPORT IT JUST FOR POLITICAL CONVENIENCE. THEY COULD NOT OPENLY OBJECT THE NEW REGIONS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT RESIST THE EXCITEMENT OF THE CITIZENS FROM THE NEW REGIONS. SO NOW IF GHANAIANS WANT TO ELECT THEIR MMDCES THEN THEY SHOULD VOTE NDC OUT OF PARLIAMENT IN 2020. WE NEED MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF NPP MPs IN 2020 SO THAT THEY CAN GET MORE THAT THE NEEDED TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT TO PASS SUCH EMOTIONS.
kwas1a man
Their game plan has just been quashed, their intentions made null and void, and their schemes thwarted! The trap that Heman set, he has himself been trapped by it! NDC, every thinking Ghanaian has seen your colours. Lovers of themselves and not the nation Ghana. Wait till 2020, and you'll what the people will tell you with their thumbs!