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President John Evans Atta Mills (l) and main contender, Nana Akufo-Addo
The
December poll is going to be a make or break affair for the flagbearers
of the two main political parties in the country; that is according to
Kwesi Amakye, a political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and technology (KNUST).
Kwesi Amakye is of the view that the two protagonists: President John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), are going into the general election with everything to lose or gain.
“Let me just put it clearly: the signs are already on the wall. the two presidential candidates have themselves in such situations that they can’t help, at times, going through elements of desperation; and I think because of that, all of us would have to brace ourselves for some of such difficulties,” Mr Amakye told XYZ News’ Abigail Larbi in an interview on Thursday.
The political science lecturer bemoaned the pockets of violence that have characterized the biometric voter registration exercise across the country, stating, this could mark the beginning of more problems if the leadership of the political parties do not nib it in the bud.
Explaining why he has tagged the election as a do-and-die affair, Mr Amakye said:
“President Mills obviously has one more term. If he wins, constitutionally, he could go for one more term. If he doesn’t win, it will speak a lot given the fact that former President Rawlings has been on his leadership style all the time… President Mills is going to leave no stone unturned to win. From that score, I see it as a do-and-die affair for President Mills.
“Nana Addo, definitely, if he doesn’t win this time round, he might not get the opportunity to stand again on the ticket of the NPP. From this angle alone, from the best of my understanding, it is a do-and-die affair for Nana Addo.”
He said the desperate desires to win power may not necessarily translate into violence but could fuel unrests if what he describes as “moral authorities’ in the country fail to take a strong opposition against such electoral misconducts.
Mr. Amakye said, these moral authorities should “challenge the two leaders, even to sign a memorandum of understanding and insist on it and then they should threaten to sanction any of them who refuses or fails to rein in their supporters. The sanctions could be that they could join in the campaign against this candidate.”
He said Ghanaians have a responsibility to insist that the politicians are civil to each other and the populace at large if the December polls will pass without any dastardly eventualities.
Kwesi Amakye is of the view that the two protagonists: President John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), are going into the general election with everything to lose or gain.
“Let me just put it clearly: the signs are already on the wall. the two presidential candidates have themselves in such situations that they can’t help, at times, going through elements of desperation; and I think because of that, all of us would have to brace ourselves for some of such difficulties,” Mr Amakye told XYZ News’ Abigail Larbi in an interview on Thursday.
The political science lecturer bemoaned the pockets of violence that have characterized the biometric voter registration exercise across the country, stating, this could mark the beginning of more problems if the leadership of the political parties do not nib it in the bud.
Explaining why he has tagged the election as a do-and-die affair, Mr Amakye said:
“President Mills obviously has one more term. If he wins, constitutionally, he could go for one more term. If he doesn’t win, it will speak a lot given the fact that former President Rawlings has been on his leadership style all the time… President Mills is going to leave no stone unturned to win. From that score, I see it as a do-and-die affair for President Mills.
“Nana Addo, definitely, if he doesn’t win this time round, he might not get the opportunity to stand again on the ticket of the NPP. From this angle alone, from the best of my understanding, it is a do-and-die affair for Nana Addo.”
He said the desperate desires to win power may not necessarily translate into violence but could fuel unrests if what he describes as “moral authorities’ in the country fail to take a strong opposition against such electoral misconducts.
Mr. Amakye said, these moral authorities should “challenge the two leaders, even to sign a memorandum of understanding and insist on it and then they should threaten to sanction any of them who refuses or fails to rein in their supporters. The sanctions could be that they could join in the campaign against this candidate.”
He said Ghanaians have a responsibility to insist that the politicians are civil to each other and the populace at large if the December polls will pass without any dastardly eventualities.
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