Mr. Ernest Adade, a member of the Communications Team for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has connected the disruptive activities of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters in the constituency to Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh’s divisive remarks about the Ablekuma North parliamentary election.
Annoh-Dompreh had urged Ablekuma North’s NPP followers to assist their party representatives when they clashed with NDC members.
Speaking to a group of party supporters during the NPP caucus leadership’s visit to Akua Afriyie, the party’s parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Annoh-Dompreh said : “If indeed you are a member of the NPP and you go to meet your fellow party member fighting a member of the NDC, join your party member to beat the NDC member.”
In addition to warning that the NPP will not put up with any more delays, the Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP accused the NDC of purposefully impeding the Electoral Commission (EC) from finishing the collation process.
Mr. Ernest Adade emphasized in an interview with Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana that the government and other stakeholders must address the underlying reasons of the ongoing election-related problems.
“The entire Ablekuma North election is problematic, and I believe that everyone should be concerned about it, especially the president of the country, as the EC has urged the government to provide adequate protection so that they can conduct, compile, and wrap up the poll.
“ Therefore, in my opinion, the discussion surrounding the minority chief whip shouldn’t be the main focus of the issue ,” he said.
He emphasized that the election’s outcome has been hampered by the disturbance that NDC supporters have generated.
“ The question is, why hasn’t that election been concluded? It’s because the constituency’s NDC supporters are interfering with the proceedings.
“ The High Court has instructed the IGP to ensure security for the conclusion of that poll, but he is not carrying out this duty. Thus, in my opinion, those are the main concerns.” he explained.
Mr. Adade also brought up the January 17th event in which members of the NDC, under the leadership of their Greater Accra Regional Organiser, damaged and disrupted the EC regional office.
He maintained that in the current debates, this violent conduct has been ignored.
“Why are we not talking about that? That’s the actual violence. That is what is happening. These are the effects of those actions. I don’t think that we should be promoting violence, but we should be solving the problem.
“If tonight we are focused on talking about Hon. Annoh-Dompreh and what he’s said, and forgetting the misbehavior of NDC supporters, that will be doing an injustice to the issue,” Mr. Adade asserted.
He emphasized the importance of addressing the root causes to resolve the problem.
“NPP supporters must rise up and defend their party ,” Mr Ernest Adade stated.
