Mahama videos: meeting the diplomatic corps is not illegal – Agyenim Boateng

General News of Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Source: peacefmonline.com

2019-02-19

John Mahama 2020 campaign spokesman James Agyenim Boateng asked the ruling government to focus on "real problems" instead of criticizing former president John Mahama for meeting with members of the body diplomatic.

The former president was criticized for some of the issues he raised when he met with members of the diplomatic corps a few days ago.

At the meeting, he showed them videos and pictures of the violence that occurred during the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon on January 31, 2019. (Click to read)

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo reacted by calling it "non-patriotic".

"It's the least we can say, it's unpatriotic and shameful. It's because if he brought Ghanaians together, call them Ghanaian academics, professionals, or businessmen and he was talking about issues that were of concern to him, I would have no problem. He is a former head of state and therefore a very important opinion leader, but gathering foreigners and trying to paint the black of Ghana is simply not acceptable, "said the prime minister.

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said at a press conference: "The Government of Ghana will put this week on notice the Ghana Diplomatic Committee that former President John Dramani Mahama has peddled several lies and sought to undermine the authority of the state ".

Reacting to these problems, said James Ayenim Boateng, meeting with members of the diplomatic corps is a normal phenomenon on the political scene. therefore, the ruling government should stop playing diversion tactics and focus on resolving what really led to violence in Ayawaso West Wuogon.

"It is a routine exercise, it is not illegal to meet with the diplomatic corps, they have to focus on the main issue, which led to the violence and not the meeting with the diplomatic corps. it would seem that we may have to think twice when we will see people wrapped in vehicles, "he said while addressing Kwami Sefa Kayi in an interview with the show. Morning "Kokrokoo" from Peace FM.

He added that "those who criticized the former president had been most unfair to him … He had to be congratulated instead of thinking that he was painting the country in black. had not occurred, would he have met the diplomats? All these controversies do not remove the fact that something went wrong … the former president called for calm and it should be congratulated.