Former Ghana Ambassador to the USA and one time Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Daniel Ohene Agyekum is dissatisfied with leaked audios that has gone viral of the General Secretary of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia admitting the party had no basis going to court over the 2020 Presidential petition at the Supreme Court as it had no contrary evidence.
He notes a well-structured party like the NDC will not take these claims on a mere face value as it has consequences for the party and as such must be investigated further.
Ahead of the NDC National Delegates Congress in Accra to elect national executives, there have been all manner of accusations of the ill preparedness of the NDC ahead of the 2020 general elections leading to the party unable to collate electoral results , this the NDC leaders believes there need to be further scrutiny to the claims in the audio.
“Even though I have been a member of the council of elders, this is the first time I am hearing we didn’t have evidence before heading to court. From a personal viewpoint why then did we go to court? That is the only question I want to ask my good friend Asiedu Nketia, was he pushed to go there”
“Dr. Afari Gyan has pointed out in the past elections are won at the polling stations. You need to have pink sheet to support any claims whether elections were lost or won. So if we didn’t have pink sheet or evidence, why did we as a party rush to the courts”, he wondered
He however downplays the arguments that this has exposed the internal structures of the NDC are weak.
“The NDC is a strong party with proper structures. This has not in any way weakened the party such developments do happen in any organisation, there will be a few crack here and there and that is what wear experience”
“It is only when these things happen that members will learn and have the right experiences and build a better stronger party for the future of younger politicians in the party who will come after us” he said.
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