<<Print>>

"Our point has always been that she is a beneficiary of a bloody process…we expected her to lead calls for the punishment and identification of those bandits and especially to show some sympathy for those whose blood was spilled for her to emerge as the winner…" Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North said.

The MP was speaking to why the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuse to recognise Madam Lydia Alhassan as the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.

In an interview on Citi Eyewitness News, Suhuyini however, commended Madam Alhassan for visiting victims of the 'bloody election' (click to read). Accordig to him, that is what the NDC was expecting her to do and since she was "advised to go visit the injured, that is commendable".

Bloody widow

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has insisted that it will budge from their decision to refuse to apologise to Madam Alhassan after tagging her as a 'bloody widow'

Several calls have been coming in demanding an apology and retraction from them, but they still remain adamant.

Reacting to this, the MP for Tamale North said in as much as he appreciates concerns from 'some well-meaning Ghanaians as far as the phrase 'bloody widow' was concerned" he thinks it was 'misconstrued'.

He admitted that the phrase 'bloody widow' can be offensive; however, according to him, when it is put in context, it becomes understandable.

"I appreciate personally the concerns that have been expressed by some well-meaning Ghanaians as far as the phrase ‘bloody widow’ was concerned. It may have been as a result of the fact that they misconstrued or misunderstood the purpose and intension of those who held it and so I appreciate their concern because that phrase without the context can be offensive. But the explanation given should suffice".