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General news for Sunday January 10, 2021
Source: Kasapa FM
2021-01-10
Former President John Dramani Mahama addressing his party MPs
Former Speaker John Mahama said the NDC caucus in parliament fought to protect the country’s democracy during the recent election of speaker of parliament.
“That’s what unity of purpose can do. No force can defeat a people who are together and united and who act with one goal. And that’s what we saw on the ground that night. It was not a fight for you, it was not a fight for the NDC, it was a fight to protect the democracy of the Ghanaian people, ”he told NDC deputies on Friday during a meeting. meeting at his residence in Accra.
He noted that the horrific spectacle that harms Ghanaian democracy under the Akufo-Addo regime took place in Parliament during the election of the Speaker of the House on Thursday.
“Everything that is wrong with our democracy under this president was played out in Parliament that night; snatching ballots, trying to rob the voters of their rights by getting Assin North out and all the other stuff. Attempt to compromise the secrecy of the ballot, the entry of soldiers into the room; it’s an abomination, it makes us look like a banana republic.
He praised the NDC lawmakers for backing their candidate to win the post of Speaker of the House.
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