I've Voted For NPP & NDC Before But . . . - PPP Presidential Candidate Reveals

Madam Brigette Dzogbenuku is the Presidential candidate for the Progressive People's Party (PPP) and is upbeat about her party's victory during the December 7 polls.

Ghana's national elections will be held on Monday, December 7, 2020 to elect the President of the country and Parliamentary representatives.

Twelve Presidential candidates are contesting the Presidential seat.

The candidates include President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), former President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Christian Kwabena Andrews (Ghana Union Movement), Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku (Progressive Peoples Party), Akua Donkor (Ghana Freedom Party), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (National Democratic Party), Hassan Ayariga (All People’s Congress), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet (Convention People’s Party), Henry Herbert Lartey (Great Consolidated People’s Party), Percival Kofi Akpaloo (Liberal Party Ghana), David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera (People’s National Congress) and an independent candidate, Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker.

Five candidates namely Kofi Koranteng (Independent Candidate), Mauvrich Kofi Gane (Independent Candidate), Akwasi Addai Odike (United Progressive Party), Kwasi Busumbru (People’s Action Party) and Nana Agyenim Boateng of United Front Party were disqualified.

In an interview on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'' with host Kwami Sefa Kayi, Madam Brigette Dzogbenuku, a former Miss Ghana pageant Queen, recounted reasons why she accepted to be a Presidential candidate for the PPP.

According to her, she chose the PPP for reason being the party is committed to improving the wellbeing of Ghanaians and also to ensure an all-inclusive government.

She disclosed that she's tried both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) and found out both parties are the major causes of divisions among Ghanaians.

"I've voted for all the parties before . . . I started voting from 1996. And I vote on issues and I vote for change most times. So, by now, I've tested the two parties and found out they're like both sides of the coin . . . There's no difference between the two for me and I want better.

''The two parties, first of all, they've divided us a lot. They've divided Ghana. Again, we're not getting the progress we expect. It's as if, when they win, the the country becomes a one-party State...I think we should look at Ghana as Ghanaians in totality, regardless of the party involved. They have implemented a lot of policies but it's purely along party lines to score party political points. So, our governance has become purely partisan rather than the collective for Ghana," she stated. 

She urged Ghanaians to vote for the PPP in the upcoming general elections to salvage the economy.