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Disqualification of NDC
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10 November 2012
Disqualification of NDC from Taking Part in the 2012 Presidential Elections
{sidebar id=10 align=right}Background History
23rd May 2012
1. The NDC and DFP formally merged as one party at a ceremony in Accra.
2. NDC practised self-imposed deadline to register the new party.
3. This is their right to do so.
4. The NDC has so far misled both the EC and the public about the registration of the new party, for the name has been kept secret and the registration deadline until now remains unknown.
5. The new Parties’ level of support remains unknown, for they continued on their own against the rules and regulations in the constitution and continued to use the name NDC.
6. At a party joint news conference (please note: This is significant !), the then Vice-President and now President Mahama expressed delight on the “merger”.
7. Reading a statement jointly signed by him and Mr. Bede A. Ziedeng, former General Secretary of DFP, Mr. Asiedu Nketia, said the approval of NDC of the merger, they had brought to a close, a page on the DFP. He said the DFP would take the necessary steps to inform the EC accordingly.
The EC now says they have not been informed about the merger officially. They admitted however that they knew of the merger.
We say: the knowledge of the merger is all that is required to disqualify NDC, not the registration. The final agreement of the two parties saw to it that all regional executives of the NDC did include a DFP-member. Mr. Nketia however asked all DFP members to reapply for their status as NDC-members to be registered. This statement clearly shows or indicates that Asiedu-Nketia is an illiterate; he did not know what he was doing. How about other members of NDC, how about Obed Asamoah ?
This serious mistake by NDC was only possible because under Mills’ leadership the country was ruled like Nkrumah days, that is: with impunity. They never thought they would even be challenged. How about the EC ? He is a learned intelligent man. Why did he allow a party to be on the ballot whose registration has lapsed because of the merger and has since not been re-registered. This is clear negligence !
What does the Constitution say?
THE FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOURTH ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED “THE POLITICAL PARTIES ACT”, 2000
Merger of registered political parties
19. Where two or more registered political parties come together and merge as one party
a) the registration of each party existing immediately before the effective date the merger shall lapse, and
b) the new party shall require registration for the purposes of this Act.
The Upshot
a) The NDC-registration with the EC expired before the merger.
b) They created a self-imposed deadline to register their new party.
c) It is illegal therefore for the NDC (or DFP or any other unregistered party) to stand any election or be granted any rights requiring registration as stated in The Political Parties Act of 2000.
d) It has disqualified itself. Period.
The EC does not need to be informed of any merger as the merger itself lets the registration lapse. The EC does not need to disqualify the registration or to enact the “cancellation” of the registration as stated in other places in this act.
e) The price EC has to pay for this negligence is immediate resignation.
f) Heads of State everywhere in the world shall be informed.
Source: Dr. Edward K. Poku, Germany
No commentsJulius Debrah Hits Back At Opare-Ansah
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09 November 2012
Julius Debrah Hits Back At Opare-Ansah
STATEMENT ISSUED BY JULIUS DEBRAH ON THE NPP RALLY HELD AT SUHUM ON THURSDAY 8TH NOVEMBER,2012.
I write to thank all NDC sympathizers and my numerous supporters in and out of Suhum Constituency, for their numerous phone calls and text messages urging me to stay calm in the face of all the insults, slander and false accusation levelled against me and my President and the NDC party at the NPP rally yesterday.
{sidebar id=10 align=right}I will however want to make the following clarification and observations:
I was accused of not being able to complete a particular house owned by my late father at Akorabo. I am a Kwahu from the Akan lineage and we practice [matrilineal] inheritance. My late father died intestate and left behind six(6)houses. His family members were assigned two(2)houses-one at Obomeng-Kwahu and the particular house in question at Akorabo. My mother and her children were assigned one(1) house at Suhum and my step mother and her children were also assigned two(2)houses at Akorabo. His brother and successor was also assigned one(1) house at Nkawkaw. By law,I have no interest in the uncompleted house at Akorabo and can therefore neither occupy that property or forcibly use it for any purpose.
I was also accused of having an interest in a private limited liability company(Drakens Constructions Ltd). I started my life as a private business person and had my first company incorporated in 1991. In the 1990’s, I was the youngest enterprenuer occupying the same floor at the Swanzy Shopping Arcade with successful business people like, Messrs Twum Boafo and Partners, Messrs J.S.Addo and Partners (former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Prudential Bank, Hon.Albert Kan Dapaah and Associates (Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament), and Hon. Akwasi Osei Adjei (Oaxy Ltd), the former Foreign Affairs Minister. Therefore, it is not surprising and unlawful for me to have interest in several businesses in Ghana at the age of 46. I understudied these successful people and still consult some of them on business matters.
Hon. Opare Ansah also accused me of not being able to employ anybody from Suhum when I was the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA). I wish to state here that he only exhibited his ignorance in public.
(i.) The organization is no longer called Ghana Tourist Board; it is now the Ghana Tourism Authority and an MP must know this.
(ii)recruitment into the Ghana Tourism Authority is done in consultation with the Public Services Commission and not directly by the Ghana Tourism Authority and an MP must know this. I was not brought up to practice nepotism and cronism.
(iii) There has been a Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning directives to most MDA’s including the GTA not to hire, unless under a specific condition. This directive has been in place even during the tenure of President J.A. Kufour. Besides, can Hon. Opare Ansah tell Ghanaians the number of people he was able to employ from Suhum into the Ministry of Communication where he was the Deputy Minister?
Again, Hon.Opare Ansah accused me of claiming to be a youth or belonging to the youthful bracket at the age of 46, because my slogan reads “The face for the youth”. Its a shame a honourable member of Parliament does not understand the meaning of such a simple English expression. "The face for the youth" does not mean “I am youthful”. And I believe his teachers must be ashamed of his intellectual dishonesty, because my slogan simply means - the leader who brings hope and a better future to the youth and or the leader the youth can trust and look up to. I am very sorry to say that, Hon.Opare Ansah is teaching the kids at Suhum bad or incorrect English language. He must aspire to be a good role model in society.
I was also accused of giving pieces of clothes and GHC 50 as a means to induce voters. This is not true. I am a honest person and therefore challenge anybody in Suhum who has received such receivable from myself or any of my agents to come forward and either confirm or substantiate this allegation. This is my word; unlike their case where shots were heard being fired during their recent ‘keep fit’ programme at Suhum. They denied the incident and story and even got the District Police Commander to collaborate their story, but thank God that, yesterday one of their supporters admitted of Oman FM that he fired the shot and that it was a bamboo gun. Honesty is very important in public life and politics.
Finally, I was also accused of branding taxis in Suhum with my images. This is true. In choosing our marketing strategies for our campaigns, Hon. Opare Ansah decided to brand almost every electric pole in the constituency at a cost. These poles are static and in sight anyway. And I decided to rather brand taxis and donate fuel to support the businesses of all taxi drivers who carry my branding. These taxis are mobile and are seen every minute at the hospitals, lorry parks, markets, drop off areas, homes and including the street in front of Hon. Opare Ansah's house.
I understand some of his campaign volunteers coming from other parts of the constituency have no option than to pick some of these branded taxis of mine to enable them get to his house, to his great annoyance. Assuming the two of us were given the same amount of money to market our products; tell me who under this circumstance and situation is likely to reach out to their target market in a more functional way? Why didn’t they also add that they have branded almost all the electricity poles in the constituency at a cost?
On this occasion, I urge all my party supporters and sympathizers and the good people of Suhum who intend to vote ‘skirt and blouse’ to keep faith alive and vote for myself and President Mahama. Nothing has changed and so let's remain focus. For the good policies and programmes as presented by Julius Debrah are very practicable, pragmatic and achievable. We should not resort to insults, but step up our prayers and ask the LORD to handle the rest.
God bless Ghana!
God bless Suhum!
God bless you!
Source: JULIUS DEBRAH
Rawlings Should Submit A letter To Us If He Wants to Play An Active Role In Our Campaign - Asiedu Nketsiah
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08 November 2012
Rawlings Should Submit A letter To Us If He Wants to Play An Active Role In Our Campaign - Asiedu Nketsiah
{sidebar id=10 align=right}The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketsiah, has revealed that for some time now, officials at the office of the ex-president, have barred the executives of the party from communicating with their founder by word of mouth and asked them to perform the act through official letters.
He revealed though the new law was alien to them, the executives of the party have complied with it and expect that Mr. Rawlings’ outfit, does same anytime he wishes to communicate with them. Mr. Asiedu Nketsiah charged the officials at the office of the former president, to do well to obey the new law since it was fair for a person seeking equity, to come with clean hands.
According to Mr. Asidedu Nketsiah, the party also expects an official letter from the ex-president should he rescinded his decision and decide to campaign for the NDC or play an active role in any party event.
“Because we have now realized that our relationship is based on official letter writings, we expect them to obey their set of laws and write to inform us about events they want to partake in”, he advised.
“Time changes everything and in the past we never wrote a letter to invite him to attend NDC functions but I can say that certain changes have popped up in this year’s election…henceforth, the relationship which would exist between us would be based on official letter writings. If we decide to invite him without dispatching a letter to them, they come on the airwaves and make it a big issue”, he stated.
In an interview with Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, host of Okay FM's Ade Akye Abia Morning Show programme, Asiedu Nketsiah affectionately called "General Mosquito" stressed that communicating with Mr. Rawlings through addressed letters was mysterious to the NDC, in view of the fact that this wasn’t the case some years back.
He recounted how the NDC had previously deployed the services of ex-president Rawlings without going through the new formalities proposed to them. According to the General Secretary, for peace to prevail in the party, they have decided to oblige to the new formalities the ex-president’s office have subjected them to.
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/Peacefmonline.com
Mahama shows leadership; Akufo-Addo should emulate Romney - Anyidoho
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Mahama shows leadership; Akufo-Addo should emulate Romney - Anyidoho
{sidebar id=10 align=right}Communications Director at the Office of the President, Koku Anyidoho has described the swift manner in which President Mahama responded to the collapse of the multi-storey building Melcom shopping centre, as a demonstration of strong leadership.
At least nine casualties have been confirmed when the ultra modern facility caved in Wednesday morning with 69 pulled out alive by rescue officers while there are fears that scores of people may have still been trapped in the rubble as at Thursday afternoon.
President Mahama who had then arrived in Bawku in the Upper East Region, immediately suspended his campaign tour and returned to Accra to have a firsthand assessment of the disaster.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Thursday, Mr. Anyidoho said the President demonstrated to Ghanaians that he was in charge and did what had to be done in times like this.
Assessing the recent US election and the likely impact on Ghana as the nation heads to the polls on December 7th this year, Mr. Anyidoho was hopeful, just as the Americans gave President Obama a second four year term, Ghanaians will do likewise for President Mahama for him to continue upon the good foundations laid by late President Mills.
He said the late president laid a strong foundation therefore, another four years for the NDC administration under John Mahama will ensure the advancement of the Better Ghana Agenda.
He advised the NPP flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo to rather emulate his Republican counterpart Mit Romney, whom, he (Koku) said conceded defeat when he realized he had lost the polls after majority of the results was declared.
“Akufo-Addo shouldn't let anybody die, there should not be any conflicts when he loses the December elections,” he said.
From: Ghana/Myjoyonline.com
Volta Region Stands For Nana Addo
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07 November 2012
Volta Region Stands For Nana Addo
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday, got what can be described as an unprecedented and overwhelming welcome ever in the history of the Volta Region as far as Ghana’s Forth Republic politics is concerned.
The Volta Region and its capital, Ho has, since the beginning of multi-party democracy in Ghana, been the stronghold of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
However, yesterday’s display of love for the opposition NPP and its flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo would go down in history as unprecedented.
The large crowd, boldly clad in NPP T-shirts and paraphernalia, threw the schedule of the tour of Nana Addo out of gear as they stampeded him right from Anyirawase, where he made a whistle stop through to Dzodze, where he addressed a mammoth rally.
{sidebar id=12 align=right}Scores of young men and women were seen scrambling for T-shirts of Nana Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to the GNA, the youth, as early as 6:00 a.m. besieged the Campaign Office of the NPP in Ho making loud noise in anticipation of the arrival of Nana Addo.
While they waited impatiently, about 100 youth took over the Assemblies of God-Stadium Road and moved from one end of the road to the other jostling party officials for NPP souvenirs.
Another group was seen at the Ho Jubilee Park, mostly motor riders and taxi drivers scrambling for T-shirts and flags.
Most of them chanted “we are dying and need Nana Addo!”
In both instances, those who were unsuccessful in securing a T-shirt and other party paraphernalia expressed their dissatisfaction while those who were successful decorated their motor bikes and private and commercial vehicles with them.
The town came alive around 0800 hours as motor riders rode through the town announcing the arrival of Nana Akufo-Addo. A similar incident happened at the zonal office of the party at Awudome-Tsito where residents, mostly women, besieged the party office for t-shirts and other paraphernalia.
Business and social activities in the regional capital virtually came to a standstill when Nana Addo and his entourage were moving from the residence of Togbe Afede to the Ho Polytechnic. It took close to two hours for them to cover the 10-minute distance, as hundreds of resident besieged them.
People carried placards with the inscriptions: “Free quality education now”, “Nana, the man of vision”, “NDC, Volta is awake, never again”, “Volta Region No more NDC World Bank” and many others.
Workers were also seen dashing to the streets to wave and urge Nana Addo on. Studies in some schools halted, as pupils and their teachers also burst out of their classrooms waving and chanting in support of Nana Addo.
Rapturous Welcome at Ho Polytechnic
Nana Addo then proceeded to the Ho Polytechnic, where he received another rapturous welcome. The 1500-seater auditorium which the Regional Chairman Kenwuud Nuworsu described as “the handiwork of the NPP,” was filled to capacity with no space left for a day old child.
Students and other party sympathizers were seen standing on the gallery and wings of the auditorium peeping through the glass windows, while many others stood outside monitoring on radio. Classes virtually came to a stop as the whole campus was full of chants for Nana Addo.
There, he delivered his policy on agriculture and reiterated his free education policy. He then moved to join other party bigwigs at Dzodze in the Ketu North District to address a mammoth rally.
Source: Fred Duodu, Ho/Daily Guide