Former President and National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s silence three years after the loss of eight lives during the 2020 elections as saddening and unconscionable.
The NDC’s flagbearer slammed the alleged use of “thugs and rogue elements within the security agencies” in disrupting elections in some parts of the country, as occurred in the 2020 elections, which resulted in the loss of eight (8) lives, in a statement issued to commemorate thirty-one years of Ghana’s Fourth Republic.
He stated that it is unconscionable.
“President Nana Akufo-Addo has not uttered even a word of sympathy to the bereaved families” while the perpetrators of the murders continue their daily lives as free men.
“The use of thugs and rogue elements within the security agencies to disrupt elections in some parts of the country as occurred in the 2020 elections, leading to the loss of eight (8) lives, will forever be remembered as Ghana’s day of infamy and an indelible blemish on our democratic credentials established over the last 32 years of constitutional rule.”
“On a rather sad note, it is unconscionable that three years after these tragic events, our President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has not uttered even a word of sympathy to the bereaved families. The perpetrators of these murders continue to walk as free men and still hold on to positions of authority and power.”
While urging Ghanaians to be vigilant in the run-up to the December elections, Mahama also stated that “the loss of even one Ghanaian life will not be countenanced.”
“This government must recognize that they have an obligation to ensure peaceful elections this year, and even the loss of one Ghanaian life will not be tolerated.”
“I urge all Ghanaians to exercise eternal vigilance as we prepare for elections later this year to ensure that no abuses of the system ensue and that only the choice of the people, exercised freely, prevails.”
Source: Citinewsroom
