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NPP
November 18, 2015
MAHAMA BANKS 2016 HOPES ON
TRIBAL POLITICS, SAYS NPP
The New Patriotic Party says considering the abysmal record
of President John Mahama and his NDC government over the
last 7 years, it comes as no surprise to the party that
President Mahama is resorting to the politics of division,
as this represents his only chance of remotely winning the
2016 election.
According to the party, President Mahama is so desperate to
hang on to power that he does not mind if he bangs the heads
of Ghanaians together, tribe against tribe, and religion
against religion.
“To him politics must be about ‘us against them’. The
politics of division is what he chooses.”
These remarks were made by the acting National Chairman of
the NPP, Mr. Freddie Blay, when he addressed a press
conference at the Headquarters of the party on recent
pronouncements made by President Mahama on his Changing
Lives Tour in the 3 Northern Regions.
This, according to Mr. Blay, is clearly an act of
desperation.
“It is obvious that the understanding the President wanted
his Tamale audience to get from his statement was tribal.
Shameless tribal politics for him is acceptable. It appears
when it comes to campaigning for votes John Mahama knows no
better. He believes in crude, crass and cheap tribal
politics even at the cost of threatening the unity and
stability of our nation,” he added.
He continued, “We wish to remind the President that he first
became President by a very unfortunate accident. He became
President because of the sad and arguably mysterious death
of his boss, President John Atta Mills. May God bless his
soul.”
Mr. Freddie Blay, however, noted that President Mahama would
not have been President if he were in the NPP.
This, he said was because “the NPP will not risk putting the
destiny of Ghana in the hands of an incompetent person who
has shown to be soft on corruption, who is friendly to
corruption and was even under investigation by his boss for
corruption, according to the then Attorney-General, Martin
Amidu.”
The NPP, Freddie Blay added, will not impoverish the people
of this country by choosing and imposing on Ghana, through
deceit, a leader whose political philosophy can be defined
as“an incompetent government by corrupt people, with corrupt
people, and for corrupt people.”
NPP Communications
Directorate
NPP Headquarters, Asylum Down. Accra
November 18, 2015
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