[ 2017-03-15 ]

Koku Anyidoho

Botchwey’s committee exposes divisions in NDC – Koku Anyidoho
The Deputy General Secretary of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho has
said that the fact finding Professor Kwesi
Botchwey election review committee, tasked to
investigate why the NDC lost Election 2016 has
unveiled a myriad of problems within the NDC.

To him, setting up the committee was “one of the
best decisions we’ve taken as a political
party", because it is telling us that the anger,
pain and bitterness expressed by members were
indicators to the reasons for the about one
million of sympathisers not voting for the NDC.

According to Mr Anyidoho, the said one million
voters, not only refused to vote for the NDC, but
they abstained from the polls and did not vote for
the NPP as well.

“We are now getting to the bottom of the issues,
telling us that these are the reasons why we
didn’t go out to vote,” Mr Anyidoho said in a
radio interview with Accra based Oman FM.

Ironically, before Election 2016, the leadership
and functionaries of the NDC continuously touted
that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was a party
full of divisive tendencies and confusion and did
not deserve the mandate to govern.

Rather, the NDC leadership touted the party as the
best form and example of a united party that
deserved to be given the mandate to rule.

Making the revelation however in the radio
interview, Mr Anyidoho said the grassroots of the
NDC have been giving them a litany of the reasons
why they didn’t vote for the NDC.

“For me as a party leader, that is very, very
encouraging, if these people had not opened up to
the committee for us to get to the bottom of the
matter, then we can’t solve the problem. So I am
encouraged that the one million people who did not
vote for the NDC. If this exercise go round, we
will take our million votes back.

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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