According to a 2020 presidential aspirant of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, “NDC Members of Parliament are supporting former President Mahama out of gratitude.”
Speaking to the Pulse, a Joy News analysis programme on MultiTV on Monday, the NDC Presidential hopeful argued that contrary to perceptions that former President Mahama is highly-tipped to win the party’s bid to lead it in the 2020 elections, the seeming support appears to have been procured by appointments he (former President Mahama) offered these supporters during his days as President.
Additionally, he said threats and intimidation are being used by persons aligned to the former president against those who dissent from his second coming bid.
But he claims to be unfazed since the verdict on former President Mahama’s popularity and competence has longed been passed in 2016 when he led the party to what many have described as an embarrassing defeat.
It would be recalled that the NDC has come up for intense public scrutiny and criticism following events at its recent Congress and astronomical filing fees it imposed on its presidential hopefuls.
The use of campaign songs of the former President and allowing him to address the opening and closing sessions of the Congress have all been cited as acts aimed at favouring him ahead of his colleague aspirants during the Congress.
However asserting his own popularity, the NDC presidential hopeful, who is also the Third Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, believes that he is more popular. Unfortunately, this is not public information because his supporters render their support to him secretly for fear of being victimized.
Source: myjoyonline
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sure, h will beat me and losee the 2020 general elections....... ameen
So you do not consider this as a plus (+) for JDM?? Hmmmmm..A grasshopper sees who sees ***barred word*** ***barred word*** FIRE and deliberately claim it's a sea breeze dies a ***barred word*** death. Please, Hon. ASK Bagbin, I'm not in a way trying to say that you're ***barred word*** but just a humble appeal for you to seriously reconsider your view regarding the "gratitude support" given to JDM by the former NDC appointees.
Mr Bagbin join them if you can't beat them
Even ALMIGHTY GOD loves gratitude!!! How much more mere mortals created in the image of GOD??!! Your utterances expose your immaturity! Stop speaking and save yourself some credibility!!
BAGBIN, SHUUTTTTT YOUR MOUTH.... YOU WILL LOOOUUUUSEEE LIKE NEVER BEFORE….. IS IT A CRIME FOR SOMEONE TO SUPPORT HIS LIKENESS? WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO? WHO WANTED YOU TO BE A PRESIDENT? OVER WHICH COUNTRY? YOUR TIME HAS PASSED.SHUUUTT YOUR URGLY MOUTH
Mr Bagbin so what if MPS are supporting JM out of gratitude? You would have loved same. Your jealousy of JM is eating you up and destroying you. You don't stand a chance against JM. You will lose miserably.