Mahama must apologize for his comment "boot for boot" – President of the Peace Council

Sunday, February 3, 2019 Policy

Source: browngh.com

2019-02-03

The President of the National Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante, called on former President John Dramani Mahama to apologize to the nation for stating that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would oppose the party new patriotic party to power with violence in the 2020 polls.
According to him, as a former head of state, he should have known better.

"If he said that, I would like to say that President Mahama, in all humility, I will beg him to apologize to the nation. In making this statement, he really created fear in people's hearts and it's not just President Mahama, I'll say it, I want to tell all our leaders, the people we see in this country; that in such circumstances, one would expect them to be the voice of wisdom, a voice that will soothe tensions, a voice that will help Ghanaians to say: Indeed, we have leaders. So let's pay close attention to what we say, "said Reverend Asante in an interview with the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Clbad91.3FM on Friday.

The former president, reacting to the alleged attack on NDC members at the by – election in Ayawaso West Wuogon 's constituency on Thursday, hinted: "We do not want to go to the polls. let's not joke in 2020 and I throw a warning to the NPP – we will get them started for startup "

"NDC has groundbreaking rules and when unleashing violence, no one can beat us by unleashing violence; it's just that we have overseen democracy in Ghana and therefore we must be the first to respect Ghana's democracy and that's why we act as a very docile and law-abiding party, but if we believe that the government can not protect our people … so we should counsel ourselves, "he added.