Can Prez Mahama Assure Ghanaians Of A Violence-Free 2016 Election?
A pressure group calling itself Critical Thinkers International is demanding assurance from President Mahama that the upcoming 2016 general elections will be free from the same violence which characterized the NDC Presidential and Parliamentary primaries.
In a statement copied to Peacefmonline.com, the leader of the pressure group, Nana Kwadwo Akwaa said they are living in fear because President Mahama’s loud silence over the violence which greeted the NDC’s Primaries means he condones what happened.
He stressed that, the pressure group is worried that President Mahama didn’t use the same zeal which he used to condemn the NPP’s happenings to address the numerous violent occurrences during the NDC decides; making them to believe that the President welcomes the same violence nature into the 2016 general elections.
Below Is The Full Statement From Critical Thinkers International:
First of all, we will like to congratulate President Mahama on his election as the new Presidential Aspirant of NDC despite his disgraceful 5 percent lose of the total valid votes cast to his imageless, non popular contender in the name of “NO”.
Secondly Mr. President Mahama, just as you have been very concerned and as a result very loud on every single violence that happened in NPP, the group Critical Thinkers International and all Ghanaians also want to hear from you on the many violence situations that took place during your party’s Parliamentary and Presidential primaries on Saturday, November 21, 2015.
Remember this recent quote of yours at the Changing Lives and Transforming Ghana rally in Accra; “if they can do this to their own, you can just imagine what they can do to their opponent”.
Does the above quote mean you are rather happy about it and as a result of your sudden mute, deaf and blind on the much unfortunate violence that happened during your party’s Parliamentary and Presidential primaries?
Does this also mean, this is exactly what we should expect you doing to all the other political parties in the 2016 general elections?
An election where you and the NDC will be coming after other political parties with gun shots, intimidation of their polling stations agents and disenfranchising voters in their strong holds through the show of violence?
An election where there will be destruction of the EC materials, snatching of ballot boxes with Criminals, armed robbers and machomen, the removal from the EC register of names of voters and its subsequent bloat with ghost names by your NDC?
Are these what the NPP, PPP, PNC, CPP, NDP, UPF, UPP and other political parties should be expecting from you and your party in 2016 elections just like how NDC did during the Talensi 2015 by-election?
Mr. President Mahama, can you promise and assure Ghanaians violence free elections come 2016?
We at Critical Thinkers International and I believe all Ghanaians are waiting for a speedy answer and also a condemnation of the many violence that sprung up during your party, NDC’s November 21, 2015 Presidential and Parliamentary primaries from you.
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