It is only a child who will believe the explanation by Chief of Staff Julius Debrah that President John Mahama may have distributed leaflets rather than cash during his tour of Abossey Okai, Nana Sarpong Agyemang, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, has said.
Mr Mahama was captured on video distributing what critics say was money to specific people within the crowd that surrounded him during his campaign tour.
Reacting to the viral video, Mr Julius Debrah said the video could have been doctored and that Mr Mahama does not move around with cash.
“ … Presidents don’t carry money around. I never knew until I got to the presidency,” he said.
“I believe sincerely that knowing President Mahama, he wouldn’t deliberately go to a market place and start throwing money around. He is a very experienced person.
“Having worked with him closely, I believe that under no circumstance will he be throwing money around.”
He also said the president could have been sharing leaflet. “It is also possible that it could be a leaflet. Anytime the president walks, he does not carry cash on him and that is the tradition from generations. So I will be very surprised if the president had cash on him," he told Joy FM on Thursday.
But in a quick response to this explanation, Mr Agyemang said: “I don’t think people will be excited being given leaflets,” adding that this is an explanation that is fit to be told to “little kids somewhere”.
“If there is a body which can actually look into this, they should – probably the Electoral Commission – because I know it is against the electoral laws that you should be giving out money and buying people’s votes. This thing should actually be looked into. … It is only a child who will believe that the president was not giving out money to these market women,” he told 3FM on Thursday September 22.
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Massa Julius ; so don't have children at home !!!!!!at all ; do you not think they will read your propaganda stories and belive these stories and why do you parade yourself as a liar for Jon Mahama !!!!!!!!!; how do you expect respect from your wife and children and family when you pump out such toxic fla......tu.......lence in the face of Ghnaians; everybody can see what was going with Jon Mahama; why are you lying !!!!!! .
Oh Julius, i thought you were a bit honest having been elevated to your present position. You are afraid to criticize the president. its very pathetic what are you afraid of???? is it your stomach. JDM is dwindling the fortunes of the NDC with his loose leadership style and all of you have turned a blind eye. Running down GDP, high interest rates, high debt to GDP ratios, high inflation rates, from whatever he inherited. In fact he has made this campaign very difficult. i am waiting for a better manager in NDC to vote for again. But this time i need a better manager for Ghana cos i think about Ghana before i think of my NDC
My brother, it is not wrong to be an NDC man but that does not mean I have to defend everything a party member or the president does. I have conscience and what is wrong is wrong. I will not justify a wrong to portray myself as stupitd. Julius D. The man dashed out money. It is wrong just apologize and just say 'Its unfortunate and he will be advised such issue will not happen again'. By this, you maintain your credibility and respect as a person, Ghanaian's will see you are not taking them as foouls and probably win more souls.
Amazing, we must be very ***barred word*** to this NDC people. Mahama was sharing fliers? He now keeps fliers in his pockets right? And he took his time to choose and select people to give fliers to. Mtcheeww!
JULOR MAHAMA AND HIS NDC STEALING BRIGADE HAVE CHOPPED GHANA MONEY FOR 8 YEARS AND THEY WANT 4 MORE YEARS TO MAKE IT 12 AND CHOP MORE. HABAA! NO 12 YEARS FOR JULOR MAHAMA AND HIS NDC STEALING BRIGADE. MAHAMA MUST GO!!!
It hurts to be a Ghanaian. We are what we are because most people talk from their stomach . And since that stomach is already empty they don't make sense. When people in authority go wrong, we have all kinds of people talking rubbish to defend them . Politicians will forever treat the citizens like rubbish.
The electronic bill board didn't fall from the skies. It was bought and paid for with cash. Be is cash, bill boards, koko, or kose, nothing is free. Everything is obtained with cash.
LISTEN TO THE NPP BLINDED PEOPLE. ITS ONLY PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO WILL SAY THE PRESIDENT WAS SHARING MONEY ON HIS TOUR. MONEY FOR WHAT? MAHAMA DOES NOT NEED TO SHARE MONEY FOR VOTES. THE WORK MAHAMA HAS DONE IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH ARE VISIBLE TO BE SEEN BY ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE IT WILL WIN HIM THE VOTES. IS BETTER FOR YOU PEOPLE TO STOP YOUR URGLY NOISES
Who in that ***barred word*** group,Occupy Ghana has ever been in Government before,to know what the Chief of Staff is saying? Why are they pushing their ignorance on us?Clling a dog a bad name to hang it.Who will give money and the crowd will not rush but wait patientily as he picks particular people in the crowdand gives to them? Finally,since they no everything in this country than everybody else,which denomination of the currency was given out.Pathetic,dishonest intellectuals.
very ***barred word***, uneducated, dump momo analysis. how can you relate the two? bill board and dashing out monies. hasn't john mahama and other candidates erected billboard? what is bad is bad. President mamaha has lowered the bar in every aspect of life. Disgusting and disgraceful