Twelve Years For Mahama Is Tantamount To A Coup D’etat

“Much has been achieved through the deliberate programmes implemented during the first term of the NDC (2009-2012) consistent with the promises made in the 2008 Manifesto”.(the 2012 NDC manifesto page 33)

”And when I win the second term, then we will start putting money in your pockets” ”Mr. Speaker, in this term and my next term, I intend to work hard to achieve this objective” President Mahama after making these statements ,keeps on deceiving Ghanaians that he has just finished his first term and needs a second term.

Why is the NDC trying to separate President Mahama from the NDC Party? Ghanaians have given President Mahama (who stood on the ticket of the NDC party) eight years to showcase his incompetence. Why is President Mahama also trying to distance himself from the NDC in his bid for a third term?, Does President Mahama need a third term before he can work hard? What did he use the eight years for?

“The NDC government has done a lot in four years; our constitution gives Presidents two terms. Take it that I am the spare driver or caretaker. Prof. Mills of blessed memory started the process and I am finishing his unexpired term. I believe the NDC government deserves a second term to be able to build on the foundation that it has laid in these four years” By President Mahama ahead of the 2012 general elections. President Mahama in 2012 told Ghanaians that, the NDC government deserves a second term and not the John Mahama government that needs a second term.

President Mahama after the demise of Prof. Atta Mills, told Ghanaians that , he (Mahama) was the luckiest Vice President in the world because he (Prof. Mills) trained him well and gave him all the opportunities such as Head of the Economic Management Team, chairman of the Police council, representing Prof. Mills in other meetings and initiated the purchase of the inflated aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces. So as the luckiest Vice President in the world, why is President Mahama desperately seeking for a third term before he can put money into the pockets of Ghanaians?

Lets look at certain statements made in the 2012 NDC Manifesto which contradicts President Mahama’s third term bid.

“Since we resumed office in 2009, our country has made significant progress, attaining and sustaining middle income status for the first time in our history” (NDC 2012 manifesto page 6). The aforementioned statement was written and fore worded by President John Dramani Mahama, Presidential candidate and leader of the NDC. If President Mahama is telling Ghanaians that he only became a President in 2013,then who was he after the demise of President mills? Why is President Mahama desperately seeking for a third term which is against the 1992 constitution which stipulates that” A PERSON SHALL NOT BE ELECTED TO HOLD OFFICE AS A PRESIDENT OF GHANA FOR MORE THAN TWO TERMS”

‘’Upon the renewal of its mandate in 2012, the next NDC Government proposes to undertake the following programmes’’ (NDC 2012 manifesto page 71)

‘’We have been in government for three terms and in opposition for two terms. This manifesto reflects the vision for ‘’Advancing the Better Ghana Agenda’’ for the next four years. (NDC manifesto page 74)

President Mahama in 2015 told Ghanaians that President Atta Mills term does not count and he should be judged from 2013. However, when it comes to the achievements and projects of the NDC, President Mahama takes credit for projects under President Atta Mills’ term including those started under President Kuffuor’s term. Again when Ghanaians describes the NDC as a violent party with reference from the PNDC era, the NDC tries to disassociate itself from the PNDC .But when it comes to the achievements of the NDC, the NDC goes back to the PNDC era to take credit for projects started during that regime.

To the NDC and President Mahama, every government is given eight years. So if the NDC and President Mahama knew that every government is given eight years, why did Prof Mills contest President Kuffour during the 2004 election since President Kuffour’s administration was not eight years old? If every government is given eight years , why did the NDC tell the world that they(NDC) won the 2004 general elections? If every government is given eight years, then President Mahama should go unopposed without any elections been held in 2016.. If every government is given eight years, then Ghanaians have already given the government eight years (from 2009 to 2016) and must be changed come November 7 2016..

“MAHAMA WAS NOT AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. ALLOW NDC TO JOIN PETITION SAYS TSIKATA” During the petitioners’ case in the supreme court, the NDC filed a writ to be part of the case arguing that, President Mahama did not become a President on his own or on an independent ticket but on the ticket of the NDC and must be seen as ONE ENTITY WITHOUT ANY SEPERATION FROM THE NDC.

President Mahama in his thank you tour stated that most Ghanaians are not having a feel of the economy because they lack the skills to take advantage of the economy. Under President Mahama’s economy, NURSES, DOCTORS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE who have acquired the needed skills from their various institutions have not been employed for over four years. So are these people not having a feel of the economy because they are unskilled? What skills is the President talking of? Is it the create-loot and share skills? Is it the woyome, sada, gyeeda, busbranding and the Isofoton skills? In Ghana, the longest serving government was a military government which had eleven years. A third term for President Mahama means twelve years of political power to the NDC WHICH WILL BE MORE THAN a military government. A VOTE FOR MAHAMA AND THE NDC MEANS TWELVE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS CORRUPTION, SEVERE HARDSHIPS,HIGH TAXES AND UTILITY BILLS, COLLAPSING OF INDUSTRIES AND MISMANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY…GHANAIANS ARE FOR CHANGE..VOTE FOR CHANGE…….

PAPARAZY ANDREWS ASAMOAH.
FORMER TESCON PRESIDENT-UG.
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