Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anita Desoso has said the various campaign groups that were formed just before the 2016 general election for ex President John Mahama, contributed to the NDC’s defeat in last year’s polls.
According to her, while the party structures couldn’t perform to expectation as they lacked resources, the various campaign groups rather secured funding but failed to work to deliver victory for the party.
Few months to the December 7, 2017 general elections, there was a sudden proliferation of various campaign groups purporting to canvass for votes for ex President John Mahama who was seeking a second term.
Groups such as Zongo for Mahama, Youth for Mahama, Celebrities for Mahama and a host of others were formed with some political watchers arguing that these groups were largely formed to make money by their leaders rather than doing any serious campaign work.
The NDC lost the elections which came to the party as a real shock as it was confident of winnning, due to the massive infrastructure development that was witnessed across the country under ex President Mahama who was then the Flagbearer of the party.
Speaking to Kasapa News, Anita Desoso stated that the time has come for party structures to be respected and given the necessary support adding that never again will such campaign groups be allowed to operate on their own during elections.
“These campaign groups which emerged in the runup to the December 7, 2016 elections contributed to our lose in that election. After these groups were formed, the structures that are known to the party rather suffered as they were denied resources. They couldn’t peform to expectation because they lacked the needed resources. The groups were rather benefitting as they went for funds from certain quarters, and while they were happy, the grassroots were complaining. Some of these groups could go to the Volta Region purporting to do campaigning but went there to speak english instead of the ewe language, how can you do such a campaign?”
She added: “I’ve vowed to make sure that the NDC ammends its constitution, whichever group it is should start from the structures…start from the branch level. You don’t sit down for someone to toil and just before an election you come out to form a group. I campaign against such groups until this ammendment is made in the NDC constitution. We’ve had enough of people wanting to do things their own way without following the party structures.“
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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My sister you lost the election long before the formation of the campaign groups. Your high taxes, corruption, arrogance, and the general mismanagement of the economy lost you the election. So blame JM and terkpe.
NDC and for that matter Party Executives and Members because of Power they were welding, talk to Ghanaians as if we are NOT HUMAN BEINGS. They open their mouth and say whatever they like to Ghanaians and especially then Flagbearer, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo. Almighty God has reward him and rather punished you. When he was asking and begging us to vote for him, you (NDC) were saying he CANNOT do what he is saying and also telling him HE IS short without telling us Ghanaians what you intend to do if we give you the POWER again. Now free SHS is here, Some Taxes removed, some Slashed drastically. My friends in Zongoes will soon laugh. One Village One dam is on the way coming. ALL THESE WILL MAKE THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN feel happy in life. NDC IS A CANNOT DO GROUP. What they know is "ONLY CAN CHOP MONEY" and leave the ORDINARY Ghanaian
Blame Mahama himself. They neglected the grassroot and went for people with fame thinking that they could do the trick for us. The likes of Dumelo, etc were giving huge amount of monies. Their so called campaigns were just photo shops.
THOUGH ITS GOOD TO COME OUT WITH SUCH IDEAS, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS BEFORE OR ITS AFTERMATH THOUGHT. REMEMBER THERE IS A SAYING THAT, FOR YOU TO KNOW THE REAL HUMILITY OF A POOR MAN, GIVE HIM MONEY. THE NDC IN GOVERNMENT THOUGHT AND PERCEIVED THAT GHANA WAS THEIR INHERITANCE AND POWER BLINDING THEM KNEW NO ONE WAS EVEN A HUMAN BEING BUT THEY ALONE. TODAY YOU ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT FOLLOWING PARTY'S STRUCTURE. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING WHEN AFOKO, K. AGYAPONG AND THE REST WERE SUSPENDED? DID YOU NOW OPEN YOUR BUCAL CAVITY SO WIDE TO SAY THAT NANA ADDO IS A DICTATOR AND WANT TO RUN THE NPP AS HIS OWN AND THAT HE IS NOT A GOOD LEADER. DID YOU NOT SAY NANA ADDO IS ARROGANT AND WILL SACK THE EWES, MOSLIMS ETC...EVEN THOUGH THE PARTY HAD FOLLOWED DUE PROCESSES IN DOING EVERYTHING THEY DID. GOD WILL NOT SPARE YOU NDC PEOPLE FOR PEDDLING LIES AGAINST A PERSON YOU KNEW WAS AN INNOCENT ONE...GOD IS A JUST GOD REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT COME OUT COMPLETELY WHAT MADE YOU LOST THE ELECTION ALL BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT EVEN TRUTHFUL TO YOUR OWN SELVES LET ALONE TO GATHER TRUTH...JUST AS HEYMAN PLANNED FOR MORDECAI SAME SHALL COME TO YOU. GOD HELP YOU NDC 'GURUS'
Now you are talking.why didn't you complain when those groups were formed? if you had won the election, would you have said the same thing? God is alive.You will tell the real truth one day.
YOU ARE RIGHT MADAM, IT IS THOSE VAMPIRE GROUPS THAT GOT FUNDS FROM THE PRESIDENT WHO NEGLECTED THE ACTUAL PARTY STRUCTURES BROUGHT US INTO OPPOSITION. MAHAMA FOR THIS , MAHAMA FOR THAT IS OUR UNDOING. THEY DIDINT CAMPAIGN WITH THE MONEY BUT USED IT FOR CHOP CHOP.