{"id":273302,"date":"2011-01-10T13:43:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45876"},"modified":"2011-01-10T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:43:28","slug":"ndc-npp-only-differ-in-slogan-not-in-policies-pnc-gen-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/10\/ndc-npp-only-differ-in-slogan-not-in-policies-pnc-gen-sec\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC &amp; NPP Only Differ In Slogan&#8230;Not In Policies \u2013 PNC Gen Sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of the People&#8217;s  National Convention (PNC), Mr. Bernard Mornah has lashed out at the two  largest political parties \u2013 the ruling National Democratic Congress  (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) &#8211; in the country for  their role in the recent petroleum price hikes.<br \/>\nAccording to  him, both the NPP and the NDC in their various presentations and  arguments concerning petroleum pricing and the TOR debt, have proven  that they do not differ in any way.<br \/>\nSpeaking on <strong>Citi FM\u2019s Big Issues<\/strong>,  Mr. Mornah argued that when the expositions of both parties on  petroleum pricing in the country is taken into context, the only thing  that differentiates the NDC from the NPP is just their slogan. To him,  the NDC lacks the moral right to increase fuel prices considering their  earlier positions on the increment when they were in opposition and the  NPP, which was then in power, astronomically hiked the price of the  commodity in 2008.<br \/>\nThe CJA activist expressed disappointment at  the NPP for the strong denunciation being levelled at the current  government for the recent hike in fuel prices, pointing out that the NPP  should rather be proud that the NDC is implementing their (NPPs)  policies.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you listen to arguments from the NPP and the NDC on  the fuel prices and the problems arising, you will come to the  conclusion that the two political parties certainly do not differ in any  way, apart from slogan. I think the NPP should take pride that their  policies are being implemented by the NDC and therefore they should take  credit and not the condemnation that I find,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe PNC  General Secretary blamed the genesis of the petroleum hullabaloo on the  decision to place taxes on petroleum products in the first place.<br \/>\n\u201cUntil  1988, there were no taxes on petroleum products in Ghana; government of  Ghana was getting its revenue from many other sources. It took the NDAC  in 1988, to say considering the dire economic situation that they find  themselves in, petroleum products which have elastic demand should be  taxed and that was the first time that petroleum products were taxed and  that was the beginning of all the sufferings we are encountering  today,\u201d he noted.<br \/>\nMr. Mornah also held the NPP responsible for some of the associated challenges confronting the country\u2019s petroleum industry.<br \/>\n\u201cThe  first thing the NPP did when they came to power was to increase the  price of fuel prices and gave the reasons that there was smuggling of  petroleum products in Ghana into neighbouring countries and therefore to  stop smuggling, there is the need to increase fuel prices\u2026 can you  imagine the logic? Smuggling is a security issue so if there is  smuggling and our security is not up to the task to check smuggling,  should the public pay the price for the inefficiencies of the security  agencies? I find that very strange but that was one of the argument that  the NPP used,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of the People&#8217;s National Convention (PNC), Mr. Bernard Mornah has lashed out at the two largest political parties \u2013 the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) &#8211; in the country for their role in the recent petroleum price hikes. 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