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NDC campaign demands apology from NPP to stop attacks on Akufo-Addo
President Mahama has launched unrestrained attacks on the NPP flagbearer during his recent tour of the Western and Northern Regions.
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He criticised Akufo-Addo for "sleeping" during his tour of the Western Region when he said roads in the region are in a bad state.
He again attacked Akufo-Addo's character at a rally in Bimbila in the Northern Region, describing him as a "dictator" and a "divisive" figure.
He further told voters the NPP flagbearer is too "dangerous" for the destiny of the nation to be entrusted into his hands.
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According to the NDC campaign spokeswoman, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Akufo-Addo drew the first blood when he described president Mahama as “incompetent.”
She said the president has only decided to meet his main rival "boot for boot."
“No matter the circumstances, no matter the level of context I think that a flagbearer of any political party must at least show some respect and decorum in their speech and the way you describe your opponent so yes am saying President Mahama is in campaign mood and has decided to meet the opposition boot for boot," she said.
She added:“One thing I can say is that president Mahama is the first to admonish us to conduct a clear and issue base campaign but of course we are all humans and we demand that the same respect with which president Mahama approaches issue to do with government, his personal relation, human relations and humility. I believe that we need the same modicum of decorum from the opposition leaders as well.”
-No reply to attacks-
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In a solemn address to party supporters in the Greater Accra Region, Akufo-Addo said he will not respond to the president's attacks on him, instead, he intends to focus on the bread and butter issues.
Nonetheless, a political scientist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, has urged the NPP leader to respond to Mahama's attacks but not in the way the president goes about his.
“I don’t expect him to reply back on the same measure, but he must find a way to allow his publicists deal with critical issues that bothers on the leadership of president Mahama," he said.
The president sustained attack on the NPP leader follows a bitter internal party politics which led to the suspension of three national executives and the death of the party's Upper East Regional Chairman of the party.
Dr Adu-Gyamfi opines that the president's attacks on Akufo-Addo are designed to appeal to a faction of the party who feel aggrieved with the suspension of the national executives.
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He said: “When you look at the fact that the NPP itself has internal challenges just as any other political parties have it, you cannot tell me that Paul Afoko is at peace, you cannot tell me that the other NPP members of the NPP fraternity who are unhappy with the outcome of that decision are entirely happy today."“So when the president begins to speak in a certain manner, what he is doing is to appeal to the conscience of such persons who are aggrieved within the NPP.
"If these people can decide that they will not go and vote it will also be against the NPP itself.”
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