The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has faulted the President’s decision to ease restrictions on public gatherings, saying, it is not in the nation’s interest.
Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, its National Communication Officer, said the decision had been taken for purely parochial political reasons.
Addressing, the party’s maiden virtual briefing in Accra, on Monday, he said they were inclined to believe that, this was intended to pave way for the Electoral Commission (EC) to carry out what he termed as “its rigging agenda”.
That, he claimed, would be done through the compilation of “needless and wasteful" new voters’ roll.
Mr. Gyamfi said, the fact that church and mosque gatherings were not supposed to have more than 100 people in attendance, and to last for just an hour, but the National Identification Authority (NIA) and EC had been given the freedom to register unlimited number of people from 0700 hours to 1700 hours, a period of 10 hours, showed clearly that, the partial re-opening of schools, churches and mosques was a ruse.
He rebuked the EC for, what he alleged was an uncompromising posture adopted on a new voters’ register.
"We are appalled by the Jean Mensah-led EC’s refusal to honor the invitations of the National House of Chiefs, which were intended to promote dialogue on the EC’s entrenched decision to compile a new voters’ register for 2020 general elections.
"Our traditional authorities, are key stakeholders in Ghana’s peace architecture and have contributed enormously to the peace, stability and democracy of this country."
Mr. Gyamfi said his party found the refusal of the EC to honor the invitation of the chiefs to be “highly disrespectful and an insult to the values and customs of this country, and must be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians".
He repeated their determination to “employ every legitimate means to stop the EC’s attempt to foist a needless and wasteful voter register that is intended to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, mostly in NDC strongholds, on Ghanaians".
Source: GNA
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I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THIS BOY SAMMY GYAMFI WANTS TO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF -GHANAIANS.IT IS OUR AND IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO ACCEPT WHATEVER NANA ADDO PROPOSES TO WE GHANAIANS.TWEAAAA APUU,what are you telling us?WITH THIS YOUR ARROGANCE ,DISRESPECTFUL AND PRIDE.NEVER AGAIN YOU AND YOUR NDC?
Instead of this good for nothing boy tell his incompetent leaders to come out with your party manifesto and appoint your running mate he's always making unnecessary press conference talking trash while Npp party are busy preparing their good things by training the polling station agent, your Ndc party now become Facebook and Twitter and press conference party.
NDC IS DEAD AND BURRIED YOU GUYS CAN CRY BLOOD, NEVER AGAIN WILL NDC COME TO POWER WITH LIES TO STEAL FROM GHANAIANS. WE ALL SAW HOW YOUR INCOMPETENT GOVERNANCE BROUGHT TO GHANAIANS. DO YOU GUYS THINK WE ARE ALL ILLITERATES IN GHANA WHICH YOU CAN DECEIVE WITH YOUR LIES AND CHEAP PROPAGANDA. NANA ADDO DOES NOT NEED TO EVEN CAMPAIGN TO WIN 2020 ELECTION. HE HAS ALREADY WON IT IN SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL REALMS. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO BE SWORN IN AS THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA AGAIN. INSHALLAH
There are no adults in this godforsaken party, they have been silenced else they get insulted and you know people like to maintain their dignity rather than let these babies with sharp teeth most of whom never had a job in their life since completing school insult them. This boy I learnt just completed law school and instead of making an attempt to practice his craft he jumped straight into politics and has no respect for anybody except Mahama. The few that could be considered as grown ups are even worse led by Asiedu Nketiah. These are the people who want to govern this country......their way way or the highway, threatening to burn the country down if they don't if things don't go their way, a very vocal minority!!!
What makes you people think that you alone constitute the nation and so everything must be done in your interest? We the vast majority are in support of the government decisions. Confused NDC.
GO TO H E L L BABY WITH SHARP....
The NDC would have done worse if they are in power. We saw what the NDC did prior to 2016 elections. Upon all the agitation made by the then opposition, the former president Mahama said we should leave the EC to do her work. What has changed now? When you throw a ball to the wall, it bounces back to you. You can decide to boycott the elections it'll still come on. It happened in 1992 and nothing occurred.
Best interest paaaaa. So NIA and EC can do their job and compile the new register. Go burn the sea sammi gyamfi n ndc