President John Mahama has asked supporters and members of the governing National Democratic Congress to remain calm and not give in to provocation from opposition members since the NDC is on its way to victory.
According to him, it is only losers in any competition that provoke the other side so as to find an excuse on which it can justify its foreseen defeat.
“Don’t be provoked,” he told party supporters at Funsi in the Wa East constituency of the Upper West Region. Mr Mahama also said it is “absurd nonsense” for any political party to claim that the Electoral Commission is on a mission to rig the 2016 polls for him.
The NDC’s flag bearer, who is seeking a second and final four-year term, said: “Some of them have gone to the extent of saying the Electoral Commission is preparing to rig the elections for John Mahama. What absurd nonsense!
“Ghana’s electoral system is one of the best in the world. Note my words – not in Africa, in the world, because it has inherent instruments for guaranteeing its integrity.
“If you noticed, in the run-up to the election, there has been a consistent criticism of the Electoral Commission. Indeed they have said the most unspeakable things about the Chairman of the Electoral Commission and that is all preparing the minds of their supporters for when they lose. So, when they lose, they can blame the Electoral Commission as not being neutral.”
Mr Mahama on Tuesday, while meeting some leaders of labour unions at the Flagstaff House, said the constant criticisms hurled at the EC and its chair, Charlotte Osei, is meant to “set the stage for disputing elections when they have taken place”.
“They have the same personnel working there and I don’t see the reason why people say the commission is biased, ‘the commission is trying to rig the elections in favour of someone’ and all [those] kinds of things,” he stated.
The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as well as the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) on different occasions have accused the EC of scheming to rig the elections in favour of the governing NDC.
But Mr Mahama insists that “our electoral process has some of the best safeguards for transparency in any electoral process in the world”.
Source: Classfmonline
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The president knows or has been told the REAL situation on the ground so he wants to console his people. YOU ARE WINNING? If so, then what this panic reaction in this last minute. Paying nurses allowance which you and your vice don't believe in? YOU LOST LOOOOOONG TIME. CHANGE IS COMING!
PLEASE MUSAH REPORT IT TO ANY POLICE OR NPP MEMBERS AT YOUR AREA GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU. CHANGE IS COMING. NOW WE VOLTERIANS ARE ALSO DOING OUR BEST TO CHANGE THIS ***barred word***.
Musa, ask to be directed to the NPP Headquarters at Assylemdown in Accra and tell your story. Please, don't delay.
Is the president suggesting his supporters should be provoked when he's losing?
@Musa You can say it right here. Don't worry. Thank you. Then again you say you have defected; which means you are in touch with the NPP?
Musa please just phone the NPP office and give them the info. Dont waste time and God bless you
NPP are professional complainants.
winning from where? what a joke.... this time we re not voting on ethnicity, propagada but on issues esp. over inflated cost of projects, all NDC members are now dollar millionaires.. aaaarrhh Ghana we have indeed made a very big mistake... this time Change is coming SIMPLE
GHANAIANS ARE ***barred word***.
Npp please be vigilant at upper west and afram plains the more...i have defected from the ndc.we have already planned to rig in afram plains,western region...upper west.I don't know how to reach leading members of npp to tell what we did