The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has initiated moves aimed at preventing former President John Dramani Mahama from seeking another term in office.
According to Mr Antwi Boasiako popularly referred to as Chairman Wontumi, Mr Mahama has already served two terms in office in line with what the 1992 constitution prescribes and therefore another term in office would be his third, which he claims was against the constitution.
He has subsequently prepared a petition to be sent to Parliament and the Electoral Commission, to urge the two bodies to prevent Mr Mahama from seeking another term in office.
He has also indicated his readiness to proceed to the Supreme Court for an interpretation.
He told Graphic Online in Kumasi on Sunday that he wants Mr John Dramani Mahama to be declared ineligible to contest the 2020 Presidential elections because it would be in violation of Article 66 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana.
Mr Antwi Boasiako argued that since Mr Mahama completed the term for late President, John Atta Mills and successfully completed his personal term of four years, he is deemed to have completed his tenure and therefore could not run for the same office again.
He is, therefore going to apply to the Supreme Court for an interpretation to Article 66 of the constitution to help put the matter to rest.
Mr Antwi Boasiako said he was also going to approach former President Jerry John Rawlings for him to pressure Mr Mahama to desist from contesting the next elections on the ticket of any political party including the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
"The state could not continue to spend money on all former presidents only for one (Mahama) to nicodemously sneak out and contest an election on the ticket of a political party," a part of the petition to Parliament seen by Graphic Online stated.
He insisted that Mr Mahama belonged to the "club of ex- presidents" and it would be wrong for him to be president again.
"If former President Jerry John Rawlings and others do not speak out now, it could prepare the grounds for future chaos. Mr Mahama wants to be the unorthodox type of former president and create confusion for us," another part of the petition said.
"Indeed, Article 66 of the 1992 constitution states among other things that:
1. A person elected as President shall, subject to clause (3) of this article, hold office for a term of four years beginning from the date on which he is sworn in as president.
2. A person shall not be elected to hold office as president of Ghana for more than two terms."
Chairman Wontumi quoted the constitution and told Graphic Online that it would be wrong for Mr Mahama to continue to enjoy the privileges of a former president and still contest for that same office for a "third term".
Source: graphic.com.gh
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Wontumi, you are a very bastard and ***barred word***, look they bound galamsey but you arranged Aisha 1 the Chinese lady to start again, just get ready if your master the dwarf president went home as opposition i will come boldly to face you because you are a ***barred word***. Why always Mahama, mahama can not step Ashati Region, he came, where were you then? ***barred word*** Mr Sepen. ***barred word*** guy drug dealer
So imagine Atta Mills had died the first week he was enthroned as president and John Mahama had succeeded him for the four years and again won the second term. We John Mahama be allowed to contest again? I think as a country we need serious discussions on Mahama's elegibility to contest again as president. Because the time he succeeded Atta Mills should be counted as part of his presidency. Apart from him been greedy, I don't see why he should contest in the first place.
this uneducated village boy is funny, go and wotewobobolebobo, npp clearly are afried of mahama, bcos they cant lie again
THE FEAR THAT NPP HAS FOR JOHN MAHAMA STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT NPP WITH THE HELP OF THEIR SNOWBALL BAWUMIA TOLD SO MUCH LIES TO GHANAIANS TO COME TO POWER. SECONDLY, NPP'S IN THEIR TWO YEARS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MANAGING GHANA HAS OVER BORROWED, WORSENING THE POVERTY LEVELS IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH ***barred word*** OF THE PUBLIC PURSE WITH NO COMENSURATE DEVELOPING TO INCREASE THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE COMMON GHANAIAN. TRYING TO USE ALL MEANS TO DISQUALIFY JOHN MAHAMA FROM CONTESTING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE YOU NPP GOVERNMENT HAS PUT ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE AT THE APEX COURT AND THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION WILL MOST LIKELY SPELL DOOM FOR THIS COUNTRY IF WE ARE NOT VERY CAREFUL. NO ONE SHOULD DARE USE FOUL MEANS OR OTHER MEANS EITHER THAN THE COUNSTITUTION WHICH WE ALL CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND TO PREVENT THE CITIZENS FROM CHOOSING THEIR DESIRED CANDIDATE. EVEN KUMASI THE STRONGHOLD OF THE NPP ARE ALREADY FED UP WITH THE NPP AND NANA'S GOVERNMENT. IF THE BNI ARE WELL ON THE GROUND AND DO NOT FEAR TO TELL NANA ADDO AND HIS GOVERNMENT THE TRUTH , NANA ADDO WOULD HAVE KNOWN BY NOW THAT HIS GOVENMENT HAS FAILED GHANAIANS TOTAL EXCEPT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY. HE SHOULD DO THE HONORABLE THING BY RESIGNING COOL WITHOUT THE COMMON GHANAIAN PRESURISING HIM TO DO SO
But you people say the man is a thieff and will lose even if he stands for several times. Why are the same persons who always Ghanaians will never bring him back are still afraid of him. I dont know why a dead ***barred word*** is still being killed again. Either one is afraid it will resurrect or something else.
This is to ask the Supreme Court whether Ghanaians have a right to vote to be delivered from the super incompetent NPP . It’ will be a case of the Republic Vs Ghanaians. I can’t wait to see how that will wmberass the NPP incompetent government. Wontumi has indeed started to hear Bobolebobo.