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Former President John Mahama is urged to present any evidence of the government's complicity in the violence that marred Ayawaso West Wuogon's by-election to the Emile Short Commission.
Sulemana Braimah, executive director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, said that bringing factual evidence to the current hearing before the Emile Short Commission was essential to the success of their work.
"This [evidence] extremely important for the work of the Commission. that these cars belong to the candidate of the new patriotic party, "he told Samson Lardy Anyenini on the Newsfile broadcast of Joy FM / MultiTV.
Mr. Braimah believes that the sloppy security operation at the opposition candidate's house at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on election day was purely political.
His comments follow a meeting of Mr. Mahama with diplomats during the week. At this meeting, the former president showed videos and photos accusing the government of sponsoring thugs for them to visit the opposition.
Mr. Mahama who wants the incident to attract international attention insisted that the people involved were linked to the future winner, Lydia Seyram Alhbadan.
"If they were neutral participants, what would they do then by escorting a candidate to parliament and then attacking another's house, unloading weapons and wounding people?" He interrogates.
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According to him, it is obvious that "it was a partisan deployment and as they said themselves," it is a dress rehearsal for the elections of 2020 ".
This move by Mr Mahama was criticized by Prime Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, who described the action as "unpatriotic and shameful".
He argued that the former president had to show his so-called evidence to Ghanaian professionals, businessmen or academics, instead of washing the country's dirty laundry before diplomats.
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But Imani Ghana's vice president, Kofi Bentil, does not agree with the prime minister, saying that he should exercise good judgment as a member of the government and be motivated to get to the bottom of things.
He wished Mr. Mahama to present his video proof to the Emile Short Commission to verify its claims.
"The evidence available to former President Mahama is important and I would expect that, whatever he does, he should properly submit them to investigations," he said.
According to him, this is necessary for the growth of democracy in the country, saying that politicians are wrong to do certain things because they think they are in power and can do what they want.
He pointed out, however, that it would be problematic for the former president not to present his evidence to the relevant authorities, urging the National Democratic Congress (NEC) to file a complaint. formal complaint to the police if this is not the case.
At the same time, deputy minister of information, Pius Enam Hadzide, contradicted the claims of former president Mahama.
According to him, Ms. Alhbadan would never have benefited from such protection from a person or group.
"Fortunately, I was with the candidate all day long and she was in my vehicle. We visited at least 21 polling stations and ordinary Ghanaians know that she visited the polls unaccompanied, "he told Joy News.
Mr. Hadzide stated that she had been interviewed in some of the centers where she went to the premises of a journalist on the grounds of her evidence.
"They should go out and contradict Mr. Mahama by telling the truth and exposing him for peddling a lie," he said.
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