[ 2016-12-13 ]

We’ll beat people for causing NDC’s defeat... – Yamin
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Joseph
Yamin, has urged members of the governing National
Democratic Congress (NDC) to desist from playing
the blame game following the party’s defeat in
the December 7 elections.

According to him, the NDC will be doing itself a
great disservice if it continues to publicly point
accusing fingers at some members, as others may be
forced to open the Pandora’s box.

The NDC lost last Wednesday’s general polls,
both Presidential and Parliamentary in an election
that the party was so confident of winning, due to
the massive infrastructural development carried
out by President John Mahama in his first term of
office.

But on Friday, December 9, 2016, the Chairperson
of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei,
declared the NPP’s presidential candidate, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo winner and President-elect
of the Republic of Ghana.

The opposition leader polled 5,716, 026 votes to
beat the incumbent President John Dramani Mahama
who garnered 4,713,277 votes out of the 10,615,361
valid votes cast.

The NDC’s painful defeat suffered at the hands
of its bitterest political opponent has caused
some disappointed members including former Ejusi
Juaben, Municipal Chief Executive to mention names
of certain key party and government officials
whose actions and inactions they claim caused the
NDC’s downfall.

However, speaking on Okay FM, Joseph Yamin, who is
a former Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC and
currently, the Deputy National Coordinator of
NADMO, called for restraint among members as the
party does an introspection.

“This is an eye opener for us as a political
party, we need to re-organize ourselves as soon as
possible. To me, I’ll advise Yamoah Ponkoh and
others to stop dropping names of people they
accuse of causing NDC’s defeat. If we sit down
in a room and have a discussion over the matter,
there’ll be a lot for me to say. In an enclosed
place, if we have to beat someone for causing this
painful defeat that we have suffered, we’ll do
so. But to wash our dirty linen in public, I think
that we’ll not be doing ourselves any good.”

Source - Kasapafm

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