Controversial former Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo has squarely blamed the leadership of the National Democratic Congress for its failure to avert President Mahama’s defeat, which it had knowledge of, at least a year before it manifested.
Michael Teye Nyaunu, who waded into the numerous theories on why the government lost the 2016 general elections, said the signal became obvious when President Mahama was made to go unopposed.
“We could see the defeat staring us in the face but we ignored it,” he told TV3 Midday Live on Monday.
Seed for defeat
“The seed for the defeat was sowed during the primaries – both presidential and parliamentary [last year],” he clarified. Explaining further, Mr. Teye Nyaunu, known as MTN in the political circus, blamed the party executive for its calculated efforts that muscled out a number of potential presidential candidates in the party.
Only one person mustered the courage to contest Mahama for the party’s primary last year, but was kicked out because the party’s General Secretary suggested he was not of sound mind. According to Teye Nyaunu, it was not the case that people were not interested in unseating Mahama within the party but because the leadership of the party “shut the doors” on all.
“All machineries were set towards that,” a situation he described as “unfortunate”. He believed competition would have “brought the best out of” Mahama. Interestingly, the former MP was appointed the chairman of President John Mahama’s 2016 campaign team in selected constituencies in the Eastern Region.
He was however not so convinced that President Mahama was the party’s best choice for this year’s elections.
“Until you make comparison you cannot say he is the best,” he asserted. Teye Nyaunu was also sure that how the party organized its parliamentary primaries contributed to the party’s defeat.
He claimed some party members were “consciously disenfranchised” and could therefore not vote during the primaries. Most of them did not feel motivated to participate in the general elections, he analysed. Asked why he did not raise this issue before the elections, he pointed out that the “party leadership knew better than I do”.
He challenged any “proper research” to disprove his position.
The New Patriotic Party’s candidate, Nana Akfuo-Addo beat President Mahama in excess of 1,000,000 votes in the 2016 presidential election with a comfortable majority in Parliament.
Source: 3news.com
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u said it all mtn. if mahama is the 'best' candidate ndc have then ndc is a group of wack ple. they can not govern this country. that tinny man called mosquito is the problem ndc have. he seems to have soo much power in the party that anybody else and that is what they have to stand against if they want to come to power in 2040 or after. i dont know why he was protecting mahama like world cup. he knew that mahama will not be elected flagbearer if there was competition, so he has to do everything to protect him. so when i hear that incompetent man mahama was given the chance by the ndc to lead them i get very angry bcos only one man who has soo much power ensured he leads them bcos he is always scratching his back with our money. they can impose him on ndc but not again on Ghana and we are grateful to God for his defeat. i hope papa J will now take over his party and give to sane ple to redeem his image.
But the glutton pollster thinks otherwise.
ASK HIM FOR THE REMAINING POINTS AND IF PAY HEED TO THEM PERHAPS GHANAIANS WILL CONSIDER YOU GUYS IN 2024. hahahahaahahaa
EX-PRESIDENT RAWLINGS SAID EVERYTHING IN PARABLES TO NDC PARTY IN CAPE COAST YET NDC AND ITS LEADERSHIP DID SEE ANY WISDOM TO CONSULT THEIR FOUNDER FOR ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS. CHAIRMAN RAWLINGS PROMISED NDC OF SEVEN OR SIX POINTS AND ONLY SHARED FEW DURING YOUR MANIFESTO LOUNCH, PLEASE ASK HIM FOR THE REMAINING POINTS AND IF PAY HEED TO THEM PERHAPS GHANAIANS WILL CONSIDER YOU GUYS IN 2024.