The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is calling on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former President John Mahama, to render an unqualified apology to Ghanaians and the Judiciary, for wasting everybody’s time with what the party described as “deceptive election petition.”
“The NPP is therefore inviting CSOs, political watchers and indeed all well-meaning Ghanaians to join the New Patriotic Party in demanding an apology from former President John Mahama and the NDC leadership for this disservice to the country, which risked our democracy. Our country has come a long way in our democratic journey. As stakeholders, we are all expected to protect and defend this enviable feat which has made Ghana, a shining example to other African countries and the world,” the NPP stated.
The NPP’s call follows the revelations and confession by the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, on the 2021 presidential election petition in a leaked audio tape which has since gone viral.
In a leaked audio recording, the NDC General Secretary, who was addressing some party executives was heard emphatically stating that even though they knew that the NDC had lost the 2020 general election on fairgrounds and therefore did not have any cause of action, they still went ahead to deceive their supporters and lied to the Ghanaians that the election was rigged and petitioned the Supreme Court under false pretenses.
Their motivation for embarking on that route, according to Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, was ostensibly for political expediency, as they were only seeking to avoid taking responsibility for their election defeat.
He said the NDC leadership knew at all material times that they had no evidence to challenge the outcome of the 2020 general election but were hoping they could rely on the perceived weaknesses of the EC’s testimonies to make a case.
“The NDC, led by former President John Mahama, vigorously embarked on a campaign of hate against the Judiciary, scandalizing and attacking the very integrity of the Justices and calling them UNANIMOUS FC, simply because they judged rightly that his petition lacked merit. The NPP finds this conduct of the NDC leadership not only unpatriotic but also very disgraceful and unconscionable,” the party intimated in a statement, yesterday.
The party continued that “It is the height of misconduct for former President John Mahama and the NDC leadership to lie to their supporters that they had won the elections and ask them to come out and jubilate. They virtually asked them to seek redress on the streets because the Electoral Commission had cheated them, which their supporters also blindly followed, terrorizing innocent Ghanaians going about their usual businesses. They also wasted time and resources of the court for months when they knew they had no case. That conduct alone could have plunged the nation into chaos and made nonsense of the enviable reputation of Ghana as the beacon of democracy in Africa.”
