According to the former Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), the comment can lead to violence at the polls.
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Withdraw and apologise for your violent ‘do or die’ comment – Nana Akomea to Mahama
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intercity STC, Nana Akomea has called on John Dramani Mahama to withdraw his do or die comment on the 2024 elections.
NDC presidential candidate for the 2020 election, John Dramani Mahama
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He insists the comment by Mr. Mahama only endorses electoral violence.
“He should come out very quickly to say the expression I used, if it connotes violence and death, that is not what I meant and I withdraw it. It is not weakness, it is strength. We are sad about the unfortunate death at Techiman, but what John Dramani Mahama is saying is actually justifying the thing.”
The former President has received a lot of flack by members of the opposition for the comment he made on his ‘Thank You’ tour in the Bono Region.
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“The 2020 elections were rigged for the NPP. We have however accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court for the sake of peace. However, come 2024, the NDC will be extra vigilant at the polling stations because that is where the elections are won”, Mr. Mahama said.
“So at the polling station [in the next election], it will be do or die. I am not saying all die be die. I’m saying it will be ‘do or die’ because the right thing must be done”.
Former Communications Director of NPP, Nana Akomea
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John Mahama justified the comments indicating that it is an idiomatic expression that cannot be equated to the all-die-be comment made by the then-candidate Akufo-Addo in the run-up to the 2012 elections.
“It is an idiomatic expression. In the English Language, we have idioms in there. I think those who left school early do not understand idiomatic expressions. Do or die means a critical assignment you have, and you must do the needful or perish. What it means is that [officials of the] NDC shouldn’t wait and go to the Supreme Court again.”
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