With
the year still ripe and government getting prepared to change from the
first gear to the second gear as President John Dramani Mahama promised
last year, critics of the ruling National Democratic Congress and
political figures say they are yet to experience the new wind of
expectancy.
Several dramatic events retrospectively took place last year, thereby earning a column in the history books of the nation.
Leaders
of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by their 2012 Presidential
candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, his Running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and
National Chairman, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey challenged the electoral
results declared by the Electoral Commission and took legal action to
somehow overturn the legitimacy of the incumbent President.
After
eight months of legal battle between Counsels for the petitioners and
respondents, the nine-member panel presided over by Justice William
Atuguba at the Supreme Court which sat on the NPP’s election petition,
reaffirm President John Mahama as legally elected President.
Making
observations about the performance of President Mahama and his
government, the Managing Editor of the Daily Searchlight, Ken Kuranchie
has expressed doubts about any initiatives and interventions adopted by
the government to salvage the economy this year.
Speaking on Oman
FM's political analysis programme, Ken Kuranchie requested the ruling
party officials to express their gratitude to the NPP's 2012 flagbearer
for opting to seek justice in the law court following his discovery of
irregularities during the 2012 general elections.
According to
him, Nana Addo's alternative was the best and positively imparted on the
nation. He asked the NDC government to be thankful to him (Nana Addo)
for his quest to delegitimize President Mahama in the Supreme Court.
Expounding
further, he cited some failures of the government stating its inability
to avert the high rate of corruption that has since been the bane of
the country and was therefore of a strong view that the Mahama-led
government have lost control in administering the affairs of the nation.
He
therefore stressed the government should “thank Akufo-Addo for going to
court because the alternative would have been much worse” if he had not
sought justice on legal basis. |
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