The New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign manager for the December 7 polls, Mr. Peter Mac Manu has advised President John Dramani Mahama to take a cue from the quandary of Laurent Gbabgo of Ivory Coast when he refused to accept defeat.
He has therefore entreated President Mahama to relinquish power when he loses the upcoming general election in order not to experience what is currently facing Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Gbagba is currently facing trial at ICC on accusations of orchestrating “unspeakable violence” in an attempt to hold on to power after losing election to current President Alassane Ouattara in 2010.
Speaking at the launch of NPP’s flagship policy ‘Adopt a polling station’ in Koforidua on Saturday, Mr. Mac Manu reiterated his call on President Mahama to accept the verdict of the people on December 7, 2016.
According to him, there are all indications across the country that President Mahama will lose the December 7 polls, hence his call on the president to cede power when he is defeated.
“If you look around Ivory Coast what happened to him [Gbagbo] when he refused to cede power, his wife as well as his special aide who was causing trouble, are all languishing in prisons, so the NDC and John Mahama must take a lesson from that to cede power to guarantee peace in the country,” the NPP campaign manager stated.
The ‘Adopt A Polling Station’ campaign seeks to, among other things, create awareness on the need for polling station agents and officials to be resourced during elections.
Mr. Mac Manu said the party was greatly concerned about the activities at the various polling stations.
Mr. Mac Manu allayed fears that, the party will not be able to protect the votes at the polling station.
He explained that the ‘adopt a polling station’ campaign is one of several ways the party is using to protect votes at the polling station level.
“Nobody should be afraid, some people are inquiring from me, the fact that NDC may rig the election or may not cede power should they lose, let me assure you, that is not going to happen,” he said.
Mr. Mac Manu said since the ‘Adopt a polling station’ campaign was launch about a month ago, “the enthusiasm has been good, we need more people, we need to protect the over 28,000 polling stations and if we do that, Mahama can never say he won’t accept defeat, he will go.”
With regional launches held in Western, Central, Ashanti and Eastern, the ‘Adopt a polling station’ campaign has seen ordinary people contributing to safeguard the NPP’s votes at the polling stations.
At the Koforidua launch, market women donated bags of rice and other food items to support the campaign as many also bought the ‘adopt a polling station’ coupons.
The Director-In-Charge of National Fundraising Team of the NPP, Ken Ofori-Atta, urged party supporters not to sit on the fence because victory is near.
He also explained that the ‘Adopt a polling station’ campaign is aimed at ensuring that adequate resources are generated both in cash and in kind to support polling station agents that would be deployed to the various polling stations across the country to remedy some loopholes that were created in their duties in the 2012 elections which provided opportunities for irregularities in the election.
Party sympathizers and members can donate any amount of money via mobile money on 0548407629 or through bank via an account it has at the Kojo Thompson Road Branch of Zenith Bank under the name ‘I am for Nana Foundation’ with the account 6010614929.
‘Adopt-A-Polling Station’ forms have also been deposited at the various NPP offices across the country with soft copies available on www.iamfornana.com/adopt.
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Source: ghelections.com/
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