A cross section of Ghanaians have criticised the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) for threatening to make the country ungovernable following the dismissal of Charlotte Osei as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) as well as her two deputies.
The leadership of the NDC had asked Ghanaians to take to the streets to protest the decision of President Akufo-Addo, who had acted on the recommendation of a committee set up by the Chief Justice pursuant to Article 146.
At a midnight press conference organised at the headquarters of the party at Adabraka in Accra, the NDC described the dismissal as wrong and charged Ghanaians to take to the streets to register their displeasure against the President’s decision which was within the remit of the 1992 Constitution.
However, the party was compelled to call off the demonstration following the demise of former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who passed away last Friday.
As if that was not enough, the National Youth Organiser of the party, Siidi Abubakar, in an interview with Accra-based Rainbow Radio threatened that the party was ready to embark on a civil disobedience over the removal of the EC boss.
He said: “We are not under oppressors’ rule; we are under democracy and Nana Addo cannot cow us down. We are going to march; we are going to have a lot of protests and we are going to make sure he rescinds this decision otherwise the country is going to be ungovernable for him and for all of us”.
But the comment has not gone down well with fair-minded Ghanaians who think the comments are reckless and has the propensity to cause chaos.
Jungle Tactics
Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, describe the decision by the NDC to hit the street as descending into the state of the jungle where it is the survival of the fittest.
Speaking on news analysis programme News File on Joy FM, although she did not mention the name of the party, she questioned the rationale behind hitting the streets just because a decision did not go in their favour.
She therefore called on the police to deal with any group or individual who flouts the law, threatening the peace and security of the country.
Sam George
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, incurred the wrath of some Ghanaians when he invited them to rise up against the removal of the EC bosses.
The NDC MP took to his Facebook wall to invite Ghanaians to hit the streets over the dismissal, accusing the President of being a threat to democracy.
However, the post attracted some bashings from his ‘friends’ who questioned his reasoning for calling on the citizens to rise against the President for acting according to the law.
Some even went to the extent of urging him to involve his land guards to fight for him.
Sebastian Kotokoraba Ayivor replied the comment saying “your existence in Parliament is a threat to our future; I can’t imagine the kind of laws that will be passed under your tenure”.
“The President swore to uphold the 1992 Constitution. He was constitutionally bound to act in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee. The present has done no wrong”, Kofi Owusu Akoto schooled the MP.
Source: Daily Guide
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This guy who calls himself truth should be ashamed of himself. Insulting over 70 years oldman is a curse on you. You will never attain the age of 70. Thank The Creator if you attain even fifty years. From the way you've insulted the president and those who are like you should be very careful. A true Ghanaian will not insult an elderly person. Either you don't have parents or a bastard who never had home training. I pray the Creator to put severe curses on you for always hiding behind names to insult elderly persons. You and your whole family are cursed til everlasting. Learn how to speak in public about older and elderly people. JSS boy. The last warning is, change or you are doomed forever. ***barred word*** ***barred word***. The son of a b a s t a r d.
The likes of Akuffo Addo are never chosen as Presidents in this modern world .... Whoever he put there as the EC chair won't last .... We will demonstrate until he choose to kill us all... He's behaving as though he's mentally retarded
WHAT ARE THE CID HEAD DOING ABOUT THIS COMMENTS OF SIIDI ABUBAKAR? IS MR SIIDI NOT CAUSING PANIC IN THE SOCIETY? WHY IS NDC FIGHTING FOR ONLY MRS OSEI?WHAT ABOUT AMADU SULLEY AND MADAME AMANKWAAH? THE END OF NDC HAS COME THEIR HOPE IS TOTALLY LOST HOW CAN NDC WIN POWER WITHOUT THE EC CHAIR PERSON? OH I PETTY THE NDC PARTY, DOOM IS AHEAD OF THE PARTY.2020 WILL NOT BE IN THEIR FAVOUR JOHN MAHAMA WILL SAY GOOD BYE TO POLITICS IN GHANA.
People of Ningo-Prampram, please cast your vote wisely in future and not vote for people who will be advocating for your lives to be terminated prematurely for his political gain due to his unnecessary agitation. He should let his family, wife and children hit the street. He will drive in a fully airconditioned Landcruiser whilst he incites people who cannot afford 2 meals a day to assist him achieve his aim. As for Siidi Abubakar, the least said about him the better. Does he and cohorts think Ghana belongs to them? People are wide awake and will not be taken for granted.
If Ken says parliament had been cheaper, some people don't understand, if had it not been cheaper, how can this guy will be called mp, because my constituency, even thousand years this guy cannot be an mp. Whaaat. It is about time we have to tell some of the constituencies that if they don't have any well groomed person, they should leave their seat empty.