The John Mahama campaign team has expressed concerns over the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) fixation with the party’s impending presidential primary as against what it termed as the “misgovernance” of President John Akufo-Addo.
The team in a statement Saturday suggested it is not happy about the delays in electing a flagbearer.
In its view, the completion of the internal electoral processes would provide the party leadership space and time to begin the process of formulating comprehensive strategies towards the NDC’s victory in 2020.
“It is our humble view that the party has been so pre-occupied with internal elections that it has had very little time to focus on the full extent of the misgovernance of the Akufo-Addo administration,” it said.
The team said though they have the “most marketed candidate” in the person of Mahama, in the most unlikely event of a different person emerging as the flagbearer, a longer campaign period will suffice.
“We have to be mindful of the 2019 timetable announced by the Electoral Commission and the need to ensure that the party provides ample space to participate in those activities,” it advised.
The statement from the John Mahama team comes on the back of an earlier one issued Thursday by the party’s Functional Executive Committee to announce changes in the guidelines on the primary, including the review of the election date and reduction of filing fees.
Some eight aspirants petitioned the NDC Council of Elders to intervene in resolving some breaches in the drawing up of the guidelines and also to reduce the 400,000-cedi filing fee which they said was too high.
We won’t pick nomination forms – 8 NDC flagbearer aspirants declare over 400k fees They also asked the Council of Elders to intervene and push forward the timelines announced for the picking of nomination, filing and conduct of the primary, originally scheduled for January 19.
A meeting between the eight aspirants, the party’s National Executive Committee and the Council of Elders concluded the primary date be pushed to January 26 and extended the date for the picking of nomination from December 3 and 4 to December 8.
The filing fee was also slashed to 300,000 cedis.
NDC filing fee slashed to ¢300K, aspirants have up to Dec 8 to pick forms But the John Mahama campaign team is not happy the former President was invited to the meet that led to the changes in the timetable.
While it said the Council of Elders had the prerogative to meet with the eight aspirant petitioners, “the said meeting could have included all other aspirants or their representatives, especially as the matters in issue border on the interest of all concerned”.
It said the election should be seen as a contest among individuals desirous of leading the NDC in the 2020 elections and not as one between a group of persons against a particular candidate.
The team disagreed with the eight aspirants that the original dates set would interfere with the Christmas festivities, noting all aspirants have had unimpeded access to delegates across the length and breadth of the country
“As regards the concern that the Christmas festivities may interfere in campaign activities, we wish to note that in both 2000 and 2008, Ghana held presidential runoff elections in the Yuletide season” it noted.
Source: 3news
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JUST CLEANING MAHAMA MESS ALONE IS A FULL WORK...THANK U VEEP
PRESIDENT JOHN AKUFFO ADDO HAHAHAHAHA NDC CONFUSE PARTY...NANA TOASO SAAA
EITHER YOU (NPP)LIKE IT OR NOT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA IS COMING BACK LIVE. SELLING GHANA TO A FAMILY GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO L*OOT THIS COUNTRY FOR ONLY THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHILE OTHERS SUFFER MUST COME TO AN END, COME 2020.
ITS MY PRAYER THAT NDC WILL BRING MR INCOMPETENT-ONE TO MAKE OUR CAMPAIGN EASY ELSE WE WILL SPENT MORE TIME TO REDRAFT OUR CAMPAIGN MESSAGE AGAIN AND WE DONT WANT THAT, BECAUSE IF MAHAMA WINS WE HAVE A VERY NICE MESSAGE FOR NDC BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE 2020 GEN, ELECTION. HAAAAAAAAAAA MR SUPER INCOMPETENT-ONE WE THE NPP ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOU.
Because there is NOTHING to focus on. All things are working Good. No free money and no CRATE, LOOT & SHARE!
Ah, Ah, Ah,... what Nana Addo has done in JUST 2ys after you mismanagement, were (Mahama-NDC) you able to do in 8yrs? Wait for 2020 and see what Ghanaians will tell you!
NDC, gone for ever. The most serious aspect of NDC Rule was the gradual training of its young ones "not to think and earn money but that they could acquire wealth and properties just through aligning themselves with a Political Party. Now NPP Foot Soldiers are complaining because they think they are not catered for, because that is what NDC did. You cannot use Public resources to resource your party functionaries. NPP Footsoldiers, my simple advice: While you enjoy free education, NHIS, etc., make yourself marketable because there is no free money for you. NDC????? Never Again!!!! Never Again!!!! Never Again!!!! Never Again!!!! Never Again!!!!
All these show how INCOMPETENT you ndc are trying to get your INCOMPETENT ONE to lead you with those idea you call misgovernanse haha you're all jokers, pls find another year to contest election in Ghana but not this year. Every decent Ghanaian is saying like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
AH! @Mtweeeeeemo, YES YOU WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT Mtweeeeeemo WROTE BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS ARE. EVERY DEVELOPED NATION HAS HAD ITS SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS. AND WHO TOLD YOU THAT FREE EDUCATION MEANS YOU CANNOT CONSTRUCT LEGON-ADENTA FOOTBRIDGES, CANNOT REVAMP ACHIMOTA-NSAWAM RAILWAY LINE, CANNOT EXPAND TAKORADI HARBOUR......[ MAHAMAH DID NOT IMPLEMENT FREE EDUCATION YET COULD NOT BUILD THE NEEDED FOOTBRIDGES!!!!!]. GOVERNANCE IS HOW YOU MANAGE THE RESOURCES. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF PROPAGANDA AND LIES. IN MY 40+ YEARS, THE BEST THAT A GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE ITS CITIZENS IS EDUCATION AND TRAINING. AND FREE EDUCATION AND NABCO, AMONG OTHERS ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THE QUANTITIES OF POUNDS STERLING AND US DOLLARS THAT TRAINED GHANAIANS BRING TO THE COUNTRY YEARLY? LISTEN: GHANAIANS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO VOTE FOR “CREATE L000*00T AND SHARE, WOYOME, SADA,SUBA, GYEEDA, NKOMFEM FLY AWAY TO BURKINA, FORD EXPLORER CAR BRIBE, WORLD CUP SAGA, INFLATED CONTRACT SUMS WITH INFERIOR MATERIALS, AKUA DONKOR AS SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISER, CARS TO JOHN DUMELO, TRACYS BOAKYE, MZBEL, AFIA SCHWARZENEGGER, MR BEAUTIFUL, APPIAH STADIUM, SO CALLED CELIBRITIES, OPINION LEADERS AND SOME SELF SEEKING CHIEFS, DISHING MONIES TO SOME RADIO STATIONS, ETC. IF YOU CARE TO DO, CONDUCT A SURVEY IN GHANA AND SEE HOW GHANAIANS ARE STILL ANGRY WITH MAHAMAH AND NDC.
Sometimes I find it so difficult to understand the way some of you think. If Ghana want to catch up with the developing world and have financial independence then your NPP is doing the wrong thing. This the time to take the difficult decisions and develop this country and praising government who is using the scare resource we have for social intervention as you put it. If we truly want to be finically independent, then begin to see your country as a battlefield where there will be falling soldiers but we shall prevail. Go back and read the history of countries that have certain things free for some category of people and see if this is how they did it. What your NPP is doing is not social intervention but vote buying in disguise. You mention a lot of corruption related issues and I did not want to say anything about your comment but I realize I should tell you how stupiiiiid you are. Your government is ruling this country and yet they couldn't prosecute even one of the people you label thieeeeefs. I think something is not right with you.